Unit IA: Beginning with the Personal

Lecture Notes for Unit IA

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America chronicles Barbara Ehrenreich’s undercover research on low-wage employment in the United States. As you read Ehrenreich’s account, reflect on the following questions:

  1. What features of her experience stand out for you? Have you had similar experiences?
  2. What, if anything, do we learn from her story about the significance of work?
  3. Why begin a course in Catholic Social Teaching with a book like Nickel and Dimed?
Citation: Ryan, M. (2007, June 19). Unit IA: Beginning with the Personal. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/theology/catholic-social-teaching/unit-ia-beginning-with-the-personal.
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