Women reformed, women empowered : poor mothers and the endangered promise of Head Start

著者

• Ames, Lynda J.
• Ellsworth, Jeanne

書誌事項

Women reformed, women empowered : poor mothers and the endangered promise of Head Start

Lynda J. Ames with Jeanne Ellsworth

（Women in the political economy）

Temple University Press, 1997

• : cloth
• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-246) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: cloth ISBN 9781566394925

内容説明

By chronicling the everyday experiences of women in a rural Head Start program, Lynda J. Ames and Jeanne Ellsworth examine the processes of underprivileged women working to make a better life for themselves and their families. The authors explain that in order to empower its participants, the Head Start program allows many women to work as aides or on advisory boards in order to learn how to impact the structures that constrain their lives. This enables participants to take more control while receiving financial assistance and other opportunities for new social support structures.Head Start was designed around the assumption that its aim should be to 'correct' certain presumed deficits of parents, and many policymakers and participants swear by the program for its capacity to empower and its remarkable success rate. Unfortunately, while empowerment can make women's lives more manageable and more rewarding, many administrators feel that it does not change the immediate structure of poverty. In the search for a program design that provides more accountability, administrators are moving to take more control of local programs, thereby decreasing the mothers' control and threatening the flexibility and the empowerment potential of the program, two key factors that have made Head Start so successful.It is this struggle for control of the women's day-to-day lives and families that Ames and Ellsworth reveal through personal stories. "Women Reformed, Women Empowered" is not only a testament to the successes of the program, but a story of poor women finding the resources they need, and a call to reevaluate disempowering policies that can drive underprivileged families deeper into apathy and hopelessness. Author note: Lynda J. Ames is Assistant Professor of Sociology at State University of New York, Plattsburgh. Jeanne Ellsworth is Assistant Professor, Center for Educational Studies and Services at State University of New York, Plattsburgh.

目次

Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Prelude: The North Country 2. Two Wars on Poverty Part II: Women Reformed 3. Taking Control of Everyday Life 4. Making Good Work 5. The American Dream Part III: Women Empowered 6. Power and Ceremony 7. The Bureaucratization of North Country Head Start 8. Defiance...and Withdrawal 9. Devotion, Social Class, and the Union 10. The Limits on/of Empowerment: What Is to Be Done? References Index

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9781566394932

内容説明

Revealing stories about the ways in which social programs help and harm women struggling to change their lives

目次

Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Prelude: The North Country 2. Two Wars on Poverty Part II: Women Reformed 3. Taking Control of Everyday Life 4. Making Good Work 5. The American Dream Part III: Women Empowered 6. Power and Ceremony 7. The Bureaucratization of North Country Head Start 8. Defiance...and Withdrawal 9. Devotion, Social Class, and the Union 10. The Limits on/of Empowerment: What Is to Be Done? References Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA32324888
• ISBN:
  • 1566394929
  • 1566394937
• LCCN: 96020537
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Philadelphia
• ページ数/冊数: x, 251 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HV1446.N5
  • DC20 : 362.83/8
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Poor women -- Services for -- New York (State)
  • LCSH : Head Start programs -- New York (State)
  • LCSH : Head Start Program (U.S.)
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00718056