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UNINA9910785060903321 |
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Titolo |
Workforce development politics [[electronic resource] ] : civic capacity and performance / / edited by Robert P. Giloth |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-70112-6 |
9786612701122 |
1-4399-0458-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hard-core unemployed - Government policy - United States |
Urban poor - Employment - Government policy - United States |
Job creation - Government policy - United States |
Occupational training - Government policy - United States |
Full employment policies - United States |
Community development, Urban - United States |
Economic development projects - United States |
Local government - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The ""Local"" in Workforce Development Politics: An Introduction; 2. The Politics of Workforce Development: Constructing a Performance Regime in Denver; 3. Ecologies of Workforce Development in Milwaukee; 4. Workforce Systems Change in a Politically Fragmented Environment; 5. Workforce Systems Change in Seattle; 6. Workforce Development Policy in the St. Louis Metropolitan Region: A Critical Overview and Assessment; 7. Comparative Local Workforce Politics in Six Cities: Theory and Action; 8. Poverty and the Workforce Challenge; About the Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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If 88% of Americans believe that education and training resources should be available to the jobless and more than two-thirds of employers have identified workforce and skills shortages as top priorities, why aren't we, as a society, able to provide that training in |
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