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Working Class Without Work: High School Students in A De-Industrializing Economy
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In this paper, a social movement perspective of women and men in the working class is presented. But the focus is not on women, but on women's empowerment, and not on men's empowerment.Abstract:
1. Introduction 2. Freeway Males 3. Freeway Females 4. Within the School 5. Freeway Teachers 6. Freeway Parents 7. Women and Men: A Social Movement Perspective 8. Whether the Working Class?read more
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