Workforce development politics [[electronic resource] ] : civic capacity and performance / / edited by Robert P. Giloth

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.12/042/0973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: GilothRobert
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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 potential
• Titolo autorizzato: Workforce development politics
• ISBN: 1-282-70112-6; 9786612701122; 1-4399-0458-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785060903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II