Are skills the answer? : the political economy of skill creation in advanced industrial countries /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Crouch, Colin, 1944-
Other Authors:	Finegold, David, Sako, Mari
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Subjects:	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. Vocational Education Formation professionnelle. Formation professionnelle > Politique gouvernementale. Enseignement professionnel. Enseignement professionnel > Politique gouvernementale. Évaluation professionnelle. Marché du travail > Effets de l'éducation sur. Développement économique > Effets de l'éducation sur. Ouvriers qualifiés > Politique gouvernementale. vocational training. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations. Economic development > Effect of education on Labor supply > Effect of education on Occupational training Occupational training > Government policy Skilled labor > Government policy Vocational education Vocational education > Government policy Vocational evaluation Berufsbildung Beschäftigungspolitik Industriestaaten Beroepsonderwijs. Personeelsopleiding. Arbeidsmarkt. Vaardigheden. Formation professionnelle > Politique publique > Société industrielle. Qualifications professionnelles > Société industrielle. Éducation et emploi > Société industrielle. Éducation et développement économique. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Preface
List of figure and tables
Abbreviations
Dispiriting search for the learning society
Employment and employment skills
Skill and changing patterns of trade
State and skill creation : inevitable failure?
Corporatist organizations and the problem of rigidity
Local agencies for skill creation
Markets and corporate hierarchies
Conclusions and policy implications.