If I Had a Hammer: Retraining That Really Works |  | Author: Margaret Hillyard Little
Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 7,910,333
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 182
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0774811188
EAN: 9780774811187
ASIN: 0774811188
Publication Date: April 30, 2005
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This book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters. To do so they have juggled child-care schedules, left abusive partners, and kicked drug habits to participate in a unique intensive retraining program. Through the voices of the women participants and their instructors Little analyzes the program to reveal the struggles and triumphs of low-income women. She demonstrates that there is a desperate need for retraining programs that provide real opportunities for economic independence. She also argues that, in an era of workfare and time-limited welfare, such programs are an effective strategy for welfare reform.
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