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ERIC Number: EJ1042665
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0306-9885
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Rethinking Deindustrialisation and Male Career Crisis
Ackers, George Karl
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v42 n5 p500-510 2014
The decline in manufacturing and growth of service-based jobs has prompted many social theorists to argue that the ability of working-class men to construct meaningful and rewarding careers is becoming ever more limited. Despite using the universal label "working class", the experience of skilled working-class men has been largely ignored. This article explores 26 work history interviews collected from 14 former Royal Dockyard tradesmen in South-East England and 12 of these men's sons and grandsons. Findings from this research challenge the idea that most men were/and are passive victims of industrial change. By contrast, the majority of men in this study managed to carefully adapt to and navigate the transition from industrial to post-industrial work whilst still retaining a "linear life narrative" to give meaning to their evolving careers and lives.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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