Better educated, but not equal

Women between general education, VET, the labour market and the family in Germany

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23237451
AutoresKatrin Kraus (0000-0002-3847-4514, University of Zurich, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen58
Número4
Páginas409-422
Fecha de publicación2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Vocational Education and Training (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-6820 • E-ISSN: 1747-5090
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13636820601005461
OpenAlexW2069885306
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas6

The article uses a multi‐layered approach to analyse the situation of women in vocational and education training, embedding it systematically in the development of general education, the labour market and the family in Germany. It reconstructs the development in these four sectors of society with a special emphasis on the past 30 years. The analysis highlights the contradictions for women resulting from the uneven developments in these parts of society. The article then analyses the ways in which women try to realise the new opportunities gained through better education, against the limits of social structures and existing norms. In this context, both the intended and unintended effects of education reforms are discussed, as well as the ambiguous results of the deregulation of the labour market. Here the intersectionality of discrimination along the three axes of gender, race and class are seen.

Class (philosophy) · Context (archaeology) · Deregulation · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · German · Intersectionality · Labour economics · Market economy · Pedagogy · Political science · Race (biology) · Sociology · Vocational education · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Sociology and Education Studies