03887nam 22008054a 450 991045925270332120200520144314.01-282-70112-697866127011221-4399-0458-8(CKB)2670000000031574(EBL)557337(OCoLC)646821340(SSID)ssj0000490612(PQKBManifestationID)12188808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000490612(PQKBWorkID)10471707(PQKB)10806392(SSID)ssj0000431391(PQKBManifestationID)11264477(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431391(PQKBWorkID)10475421(PQKB)11069908(MiAaPQ)EBC557337(MdBmJHUP)muse15460(Au-PeEL)EBL557337(CaPaEBR)ebr10400437(CaONFJC)MIL270112(EXLCZ)99267000000003157420031030d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorkforce development politics[electronic resource] civic capacity and performance /edited by Robert P. GilothPhiladelphia Temple University Press20041 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-228-6 1-59213-229-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIf 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 such a way that it leads to long-term economic security? This book looks at the politics of local and regional workforce development: the ways politicians and others concerned with the workforce systems have helped or hindered that process. Contributors examine the current systems that are in place in these cities and the potentialHard-core unemployedGovernment policyUnited StatesUrban poorEmploymentGovernment policyUnited StatesJob creationGovernment policyUnited StatesOccupational trainingGovernment policyUnited StatesFull employment policiesUnited StatesCommunity development, UrbanUnited StatesEconomic development projectsUnited StatesLocal governmentUnited StatesElectronic books.Hard-core unemployedGovernment policyUrban poorEmploymentGovernment policyJob creationGovernment policyOccupational trainingGovernment policyFull employment policiesCommunity development, UrbanEconomic development projectsLocal government331.12/042/0973Giloth Robert915249MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459252703321Workforce development politics2051451UNINA