Movin’ On Up? The Role of Growing Up Rural in Shaping Why Working-Class Men Do—and Don’t—Seek to Improve Their Labor-Market Prospects

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ID13103289
AuthorsRonald D Francis (0000-0001-6649-1891, Whitworth University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume8
Issue4
Pages68-86
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2377-8253 • E-ISSN: 2377-8261
PublisherRussell Sage Foundation (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7758/rsf.2022.8.4.03
OpenAlexW4285739151
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited41

Based on interviews with sixty-one working-class men in rural Pennsylvania, this article explores the ways in which rural, working-class men do—and do not—seek to improve their labor-market positions by getting additional education or training, moving, or taking gender-atypical jobs. The evidence presented shows that men are making many efforts to improve their labor-market position, but there are misunderstandings about why they adopt the strategies they do. In particular, deep identification with rural place provides meaning and attachment but also constrains how they seek to improve their labor-market prospects

Business · Class (philosophy · Economic growth · Economics · Identification (biology · Labour economics · Meaning (existential · Political science · Position (finance · Sociology · Working class · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology · Rural development and sustainability · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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