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Emancipation Through Learning at Work: Work Cooperatives for “Unemployable” Immigrant Women

In: Organising Immigrants' Integration

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  • Maria Norbäck

    (University of Gothenburg)

  • María José Zapata Campos

    (University of Gothenburg)

Abstract

Traditional methods for labour market integration of foreign-born citizens have failed to reach groups that do not “fit” conventional practices. Paradoxically, these standardised programmes can be experienced by the participants as inefficient and oppressive. Informed by the study of the women’s work cooperative Yalla Trappan, this chapter shows how these alternative practices redefine traditional methods for organising labour market integration of immigrant women with no previous work experience and very low levels of formal education and how they deliver not only jobs but also a sense of freedom, self-sufficiency, emancipation, and personal development. The analysis is grounded in Freire’s pedagogy of the oppressed, and the idea of affective solidarity put forward by feminist scholars.

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  • Maria Norbäck & María José Zapata Campos, 2023. "Emancipation Through Learning at Work: Work Cooperatives for “Unemployable” Immigrant Women," Springer Books, in: Andreas Diedrich & Barbara Czarniawska (ed.), Organising Immigrants' Integration, chapter 6, pages 89-108, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-26821-2_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26821-2_6
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