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Prudham, Scott – Journal of Rural Studies, 2008
In January of 2001, the TimberWest Corporation permanently closed its Youbou sawmill facility near Duncan, British Columbia, Canada laying off 220 workers. On the surface, the Youbou mill closure reinforced a pervasive sense that workers and communities in the province are increasingly vulnerable to an ever more globally integrated and footloose…
Descriptors: Working Class, Global Approach, Forestry, Foreign Countries
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Rubenson, Kjell – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
Social class has strongly influenced the development of social policies about adult education. Present policy discourses are a result of weakening working-class interests.
Descriptors: Adult Education, Social Class, Educational Policy, Public Policy