Publication

2014-09-08 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

81,500 words, Guess

Page Count

326 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101107062934
  • ISBN-139781107062931
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014018300
  • OCLC Control Number898613194
  • OCLC Control Number881655578
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781107062931
  • Open LibraryOL28030176M

Classifications

  • LCCLC93.A2 B87 2015
  • LCCLC93.A2 B87 2014

Description

"Skills and Inequality studies the political economy of education and training reforms from the perspective of comparative welfare state research. Highlighting the striking similarities between established worlds of welfare capitalism and educational regimes, Marius R. Busemeyer argues that both have similar political origins in the postwar period. He identifies partisan politics and different varieties of capitalism as crucial factors shaping choices about the institutional design of post-secondary education. The political and institutional survival of vocational education and training as an alternative to academic higher education is then found to play an important role in the later development of skill regimes. Busemeyer also studies the effects of educational institutions on social inequality and patterns of public opinion on the welfare state and education. Adopting a multi-method approach, this book combines historical case studies of Sweden, Germany, and the United Kingdom with quantitative analyses of macro-level aggregate data and micro-level survey data"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Skills and Inequality: Partisan Politics and the Political Economy of Education Reforms in Western Welfare StatesHardcoverCambridge University Press2014-09-08
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