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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255329903321

Autore

Ante Christine

Titolo

The Europeanisation of Vocational Education and Training / / by Christine Ante

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

9783319415703

3-319-41570-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 260 p.)

Collana

Contributions to Political Science, , 2198-7289

Classificazione

44.08.24

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

European Union

Education and state

Professional education

Vocational education

Political economy

Education—Economic aspects

Labor economics

European Union Politics

Education Policy

Professional & Vocational Education

International Political Economy

Education Economics

Labor Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Copenhagen Process: A Political Economy Perspective -- 3 The Impact of the Copenhagen Process on the German Training Regime -- 4 The Impact of the Copenhagen Process on the Dutch Training Regime -- 5 The Impact of the Copenhagen Process on the English Training Regime -- 6 Comparison and Conclusion -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the impact on EU member states of intensified European cooperation in the field of vocational education and training.



By employing the Varieties of Capitalism approach as an analytical framework, it seeks to bridge diverging views from an innovative standpoint: While many experts argue that EU policies liberalize national training systems in spite of being ‘soft law’, Varieties of Capitalism argues that these polices do not produce a convergence of national institutions. The book maintains that European instruments such as the European Qualifications Framework and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training are indeed biased towards liberal training regimes. On the basis of case studies on Germany, the Netherlands and England, it shows that the initiatives were implemented in line with national training systems. Thus, European soft law does not lead to a convergence of training regimes – or, as the book posits, of welfare states in general. .