Skills and Skilled Work: An Economic and Social Analysis

by Francis Green

Skills are frequently in the news and in the public eye in every country. Stories highlight concerns about education and literacy standards, grades, learning by rote, and university students being unprepared for work, as well as debates surrounding internships and apprenticeships, and social exclusion through skills policy. The recent financial crisis has forced education and training to take a back seat, and has caused an increase in youth unemployment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199642850
• ISBN13: 9780199642854
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"