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Are Skills the Answer? - The Political Economy of Skill Creation in Advanced Industrial Countries (Hardcover)
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Are Skills the Answer? - The Political Economy of Skill Creation in Advanced Industrial Countries (Hardcover)
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This study of the problems confronting institutions for the
creation of occupational skills in seven advanced industrialized
countries contributes to two different areas of debate. The first
is the study of the diversity of institutional forms taken by
modern capitalism, and the difficulties currently surrounding the
survival of that diversity. Most discussions of this theme analyse
economic institutions and governance in general. The authors of
this book are more specific, focusing on the key area of skill
creation. The second theme is that of vocational education and
training in its own right. While sharing the consensus that the
advanced countries must secure competitive advantage in a global
economy by developing highly skilled work-forces, the authors draw
attention to certain awkward aspects of this approach that are
often glossed over in general debate: The employment-generating
power of improvements in skill levels is limited: employment policy
cannot depend fully on education policies While the acquisition of
skills has become a major public need, there is increasing
dependence for their provision on individual firms, which can have
no responsibility for general needs, with government action being
restricted to residual care for the unemployed rather than
contributing at the leading edge of advanced skills policy. The
authors argue that public agencies must find new ways of working
with the business sector, acquiring expertise and authority through
such means as supporting skills standards and taking the lead in
the certification of employers as trainers. There must also be
reconsideration of the former role of public-service employment as
a provider of secure if poorly paid employment for low-productivity
workers. The countries covered are France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Sweden, the UK and the USA.
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