Facing NAFTA: Literacy and Work in México

Outlines the deep and complex challenge faced by Mexico in its quest for closer economic integration with so-called advanced economies. Discusses extensive poverty and illiteracy, and the systematic exclusion of many people from access to the very kinds of learning required by Mexico's economic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 2000-11, Vol.44 (3), p.240-244
Hauptverfasser:	Flores, Gloria Hernández, Lankshear, Colin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access to Education Adult Basic Education Adult education Adult Learning Adult literacy Children Economic Factors Economic hardship Elementary Secondary Education Employment Family Income Foreign Countries Government (Administrative Body) Illiteracy Informal sector International economic cooperation Job training Labor Force Literacy Logical Thinking Mexicans Mexico New Workplaces & Literacies North American Free Trade Agreement Poverty Purchasing Sharing economy Social Development Social policy Unemployment Wages
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Zusammenfassung:	Outlines the deep and complex challenge faced by Mexico in its quest for closer economic integration with so-called advanced economies. Discusses extensive poverty and illiteracy, and the systematic exclusion of many people from access to the very kinds of learning required by Mexico's economic project. Argues that extraordinary efforts and radical reform will be needed. (SR)
ISSN:	1081-3004 1936-2706