Introduction: Still a Model for the Industrialized Countries?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Contributors xi
6. Introduction: Still a Model for the Industrialized Countries? 1
7. Part I THREATS TO THE GERMAN SYSTEM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
8. Chapter 1: The German Apprenticeship System under Strain 37
9. Chapter 2: Craft Production in Crisis: Industrial Restructuring in Germany during the 1990s 77
10. Chapter 3: The German Skill-Creation System and Team-Based Production: Competitive Asset or Liability? 115
11. Part II DISTRIBUTIVE OUTCOMES OF THE GERMAN TRAINING SYSTEM
12. Chapter 4: Vocational Training and Job Mobility in Comparative Perspective 159
13. Chapter 5: Gender and Skills: Distributive Ramifications of the German Skill System 189
14. Chapter 6: Continuing Occupational Training in an Aging German Economy 228
15. PART III INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTS WITH IN-FIRM TRAINING
16. Chapter 7: Individual Choice, Collective Action, and the Problem of Training Reform: Insights from France and Eastern Germany 269
17. Chapter 8: Sectoral Training Initiatives in the US: Building Blocks of a New Workforce Preparation System? 326
18. Chapter 9: Building a Governance Structure for Training? Employers, Government and the TEC Experiment in Britain 363
19. Conclusion: The Future of the German Skill-Creation System: Conclusions and Policy Options 403
20. Bibliography 431
21. Index 469