SOCB54H3 Midterm: B54 - Choosing to Labour Reading
Document Summary
Multi-method comparison of youth apprentices in canada & germany. The range of socio-economic status, habitus, cultural capital and institutional factors. Youth apprentices " vocational choices reproduced their class position and they saw their entry into the trades as preference for and identity with working-class ideals of manual work. Analysis suggests that these narratives can also be interpreted as post-facto rationalization strategies in response to public discourses that equate life course success with higher levels of educational attainment. High school important period in school-work transitions. In explaining these transitions, researchers concerned with issues of structural reproduction have emphasized the capacity of institutional structures to reinforce social inequality. Agency in school-work transitions is interpreted as acts of rational choice, resistance or as reflexive and strategic. Aim of study is to provide insights into rationalization strategies and what they tell us abt the relationship b/w structure and agency. Seen as a successful model due to low youth unemployment & a highly skilled workforce.
