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Collective Skill Formation in Liberal Market Economies?

The Politics of Training Reforms in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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The book captures the development and variety of vocational training institutions in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom since World War II from a comparative perspective. While all three countries have undertaken several attempts to reform training from classical craft apprenticeships towards modern dual apprenticeships, their reform processes have yielded divergent results: In the United Kingdom training became largely organized around a publicly financed "training market" with little influence for employers and unions in training politics. Conversely, the social partners were included in reform processes and the provision of training in Ireland and Australia, which enabled the development of dual apprenticeships. These differences, which have been largely neglected in political science and education studies alike, are explained by the interaction between partisan governments and organized interests. Only non-right governments managed to bring together employers and unions in training reforms, which was the main political prerequisite for the development of dual apprenticeships.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-05-31
Mått150 x 225 x 13 mm
Vikt335 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Vocational and Continuing Education
Antal sidor230
FörlagPeter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN9783034329699

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ContentsPreface and acknowledgements1. Introduction2. Collective skill formation in liberal market economies?The role of political parties, industrial relations and path dependence3. United Kingdom – much ado about nothing and the persistence of voluntarism?4. Ireland – apprenticeships and social partnership as a sustainable model?5. Australia – joint economic restructuring and a slow shift to marketization6. ConclusionReferencesAppendix A: List of interviews by code and dateAppendix B: List of abbreviations

«Vossiek’s book might come in handy for practitioners and policy makers engaged in reforming education and training systems; it is certainly of interest for all those committed to understanding and explaining historical trajectories of, as well as variations between VET systems.»(Fabienne-Agnes Baumann, International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training ) Vol.5, Issue 4, 2018)