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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780792603321

Autore

Crouch Colin

Titolo

Are skills the answer? : the political economy of skill creation in advanced industrial countries / / Colin Crouch, David Finegold, Mari Sako

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

ISBN

0-19-158951-9

1-280-90449-6

9786610904495

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

331.25/92

Soggetti

Occupational training

Occupational training - Government policy

Vocational education

Vocational education - Government policy

Vocational evaluation

Labor supply - Effect of education on

Economic development - Effect of education on

Skilled labor - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""List of Figure and Tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1 The Dispiriting Search for the Learning Society""; ""2 Employment and Employment Skills""; ""3 Skill and Changing Patterns of Trade""; ""4 The State and Skill Creation: Inevitable Failure?""; ""5 Corporatist Organizations and the Problem of Rigidity""; ""6 Local Agencies for Skill Creation""; ""7 Markets and Corporate Hierarchies""; ""8 Conclusions and Policy Implications""; ""Appendix""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""

""M""""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""