1st Edition
Breaking Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto Policy Solutions for Non-College Women
By Sharon H. Mastracci
Copyright 2004
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Widely interdisciplinary in appeal, this book reports on the successes of innovative training opportunities for non-college women who end up in low-paying, low-mobility, pink-collar jobs. The author examines the relative effectiveness of various programs in helping these women gain access to high-wage, high-mobility employment opportunities. The analysis includes case studies of grant-funded... Read more
Foreword, Ray Marshall; 1. Pathways Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto; 2. Training Policy and Alternative Career Paths; 3. A Pattern of Decline and Its Ramifications; 4. Past and Current Alternative Programs: Evidence of Promise in Non-Traditional Occupations; 5. A Little Goes a Long Way: Statistical Evidence of Small Program Effectiveness; 6. Nuts & Bolts I: How States' Programs Worked; 7. Nuts & Bolts II: How Nonprofits' Programs Worked; 8. A Call for Action
Biography
Mastracci, Sharon H.
