Choosing to Labour?: School-work Transitions and Social Class - Couverture souple

Lehmann, Wolfgang

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0773533060 ISBN 13 : 9780773533066

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Young people about to leave high school argue that they are determining their own destinies. Scholarly debates also suggest that the influence of structural factors such as social class on an individual's life course is decreasing. Wolfgang Lehmann challenges this view and offers a detailed comparative analysis of the inter-relationships between social class, institutional structures, and individual educational and career choices. Through a qualitative study of academic-track high school students and participants in youth apprenticeships in Germany and Canada, Lehmann shows how the range of available school-work transition options are defined by both gender and social class. Highlighting the importance of the institutional context in understanding school-work transitions, particularly in relation to Germany's celebrated apprenticeship system, which rests on highly streamed secondary schooling and a stratified labour market, Lehmann argues that social inequalities are maintained in part by the choices made by young people, rather than simply by structural forces. Choosing to Labour? concludes with an exploration of how public policy can meet the dual challenge of providing young people with meaningful and equitable educational experiences, while simultaneously fulfilling the need for a skilled workforce.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Wolfgang Lehmann is assistant professor of sociology, University of Western Ontario.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773533060
• ISBN 13: 9780773533066
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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• Personne responsable: non disponible