Navigating norms and structures. Young mothers' pathways to economic independence.

Autor/inn/en	Sniekers, Marijke; Brink, Marieke van den
Titel	Navigating norms and structures. Young mothers' pathways to economic independence. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Navigieren durch Normen und Strukturen. Die Wege junger Mütter zu ökonomischer Unabhängigkeit.
Quelle	In: Journal of youth studies, 22 (2019) 2, S. 187-204 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261; 1469-9680
DOI	10.1080/13676261.2018.1492102
Schlagwörter	Bildungsmotivation; Soziale Norm; Familie; Mutter; Wirtschaftslage; Beruf; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; Studienmotivation; Handlungsfähigkeit; Auszubildender; Junger Erwachsener; Student; Weibliche Jugendliche; Niederlande
Abstract	"Understanding the complex relationships between childcare, education and work is crucial to acknowledging how young mothers express agency in their pathways to economic independence. Instead of considering them as a policy target group at risk for multiple reasons, this research reverses the perspective by focusing on young mothers' agency in school and paid employment. The study is set in the Netherlands, where economic independence has become a focal point of social policy and practice, especially for young people. It explores how young mothers navigate norms and structures of education and employment, drawing on 18 months of participant observation and 41 semi-structured interviews with young mothers. Notions of 'everyday' and 'bounded' agency are used in analysing structural limitations (e.g. irregular working hours in 'women's jobs', a lack of maternity leave at school) and norms (e.g. completing higher education and finding a good job versus being primary caretakers, enjoying children and being role models). School and workplace structures reinforce contradictory discourses of motherhood and economic independence. Young mothers exhibit agency in considering their options around job security, work experience, wages, student loans and spending time with children. In doing so, they navigate structural and normative collisions of economic independence and mothering." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4