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Title

The German skills machine : sustaining comparative advantage in a global economy / edited by Pepper D. Culpepper and David Finegold.

Publication

New York : Berghahn Books, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Culpepper, Pepper D.
• Finegold, David.

Description

xii, 482 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"Combining an examination of the competitiveness of the German training system with an analysis of the robustness of the political institutions that support it, this volume seeks to understand the extent to which the German system for imparting craft skills can adjust to changes in the organization of production in the advanced industrial states."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Policies and institutions ; v. 3

Uniform Title

Policies and institutions ; v. 3.

Subjects

• Vocational education > Germany
• Occupational training > Germany

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-468) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Still a Model for the Industrialized Countries? / Pepper D. Culpepper -- Pt. I. Threats to the German System in Comparative Perspective. Ch. 1. The German Apprenticeship System under Strain / Karin Wagner. Ch. 2. Craft Production in Crisis: Industrial Restructuring in Germany during the 1990s / Gary Herrigel and Charles F. Sabel. Ch. 3. The German Skill-Creation System and Team-Based Production: Competitive Asset or Liability? / David Finegold and Karin Wagner -- Pt. II. Distributive Outcomes of the German Training System. Ch. 4. Vocational Training and Job Mobility in Comparative Perspective / Thomas Hinz. Ch. 5. Gender and Skills: Distributive Ramifications of the German Skill System / Helga Kruger. Ch. 6. Continuing Occupational Training in an Aging German Economy / Jutta Gatter -- Pt. III. International Experiments with In-Firm Training.
• Ch. 7. Individual Choice, Collective Action, and the Problem of Training Reform: Insights from France and Eastern Germany / Pepper D. Culpepper. Ch. 8. Sectoral Training Initiatives in the US: Building Blocks of a New Workforce Preparation System? / Eric Parker and Joel Rogers. Ch. 9. Building a Governance Structure for Training? Employers, Government and the TEC Experiment in Britain / Stewart Wood -- Conclusion: The Future of the German Skill-Creation System: Conclusions and Policy Options / David Finegold.

ISBN

1571811443 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99023020

OCLC

ocm41039856

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries