Author: United States Information Agency. Research and Reference ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Students
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Aspirations and Attitudes of University Students in Pakistan
Author: United States Information Agency. Research and Reference ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Students
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Reports
Author: United States Information Agency. Office of ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Education, Aspiration and Upward Social Mobility
Author: Aqsa SaeedPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030822613
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book explores the career aspirations, achievements and consequent social mobility of a group of British Pakistani women. It uses Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital to analyse how these women, living in a segregated Pakistani community located in a deprived northern town in the UK with poor employment opportunities, acquired the resources to pursue further and higher education, obtain qualifications and enter professional careers. The author discusses and analyses how cultural capital features in homes, schools and workplaces, as well as how the women navigate and modify intersecting gender, ethnic and class identities in order to create specific career trajectories. Illuminating the rich intersections of biography, history and society, the author captures important qualitative data which acts as a microcosm for contemporary discussions on social mobility, multiculturalism, Muslim communities, race, and gender in Britain.
Occasional Papers in International Affairs
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International economic relations
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Aspirations and the role of social protection: Evidence from a natural disaster in rural Pakistan
Author: Kosec, KatrinaPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Citizens’ aspirations for the future are politically important; they are linked to welfare and whether citizens engage in forward-looking political and economic behavior. How do natural disasters affect aspirations, and can governments’ social protection policies successfully mitigate any damaging effects? If natural disasters threaten aspirations, there is strong policy interest in understanding these threats and what government can do to protect aspirations. This article uses Pakistan’s 2010 floods to identify the effects of a natural disaster on citizens’ aspirations. Aspirations were significantly reduced—especially among the poorest and most vulnerable. However, by exploiting exogenous variation in access to targeted government social protection, the authors show that social protection following natural disasters can significantly reduce their negative aspirational effects. This offers a new understanding of government social protection. It not only raises social welfare in the short term by restoring livelihoods and replacing damaged assets; it also has an enduring effect by raising citizens’ aspirations for the future. The authors show not only that the aspirations of citizens matter for citizens’ behaviors, but also that government policies can effectively protect and increase those aspirations. This implies that the value and efficacy of government disaster relief programs are underestimated when aspirations are not taken into account.
Research in Education
Author: Journeys through Childhood Studies
Author: Ingrid RichterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351137328
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Investigating the experiences of a group of female students as they journey into and through higher education, and into work with and for children, Journeys through Childhood Studies offers a critical analysis of the intersectional influences and effects of social division on experiences of higher education and career trajectories. The book explores the influences of gender, race, and class on the experiences of higher education and the development of professional identities, and whether the professionalisation of work in relation to children and childhood opens up opportunities for career development or narrows the range of choices available to women. Adopting a distinctive qualitative approach to track strategies used by women participants to accommodate the changing terrain of their journeys, this book demonstrates how the women’s pathways to university are shaped by factors such as social divisions, friends, family, and school, and their experiences of working with children. Featuring detailed interviews, Journeys through Childhood Studies offers an insightful exploration of the construction and practices of the Children’s Workforce. It is a must-read for academics, postgraduate students, and those researching Childhood Studies, professional identities, and experiences of higher education.
Pakistan
Author: Maleeha LodhiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1911723774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
A realistic assessment of the evolution of contemporary Pakistan, one that eschews lurid headlines for sober analysis.
The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies
Author: Rajshahi University. Institute of Bangladesh StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bangladesh
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description