Chapter
Publicly Available
Preface
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Tom Bewick
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures, tables and boxes vi
- List of abbreviations vii
- About the author x
- Acknowledgements xi
- Preface xii
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Introduction
- 1 Skills policy as a field of study 3
- 2 Political economy of skill: the incremental state 20
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PART I The interventionist state (1939–79)
- 3 Skills planning in the crisis of war 41
- 4 The legacy of 1944: turf battles and technology 63
- 5 The golden era of industrial training 72
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PART II The laissez-faire state (1980–88)
- 6 Rolling back the frontiers of the training state? 91
- 7 Employer voluntarism: who pays? 118
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PART III Localism and the devolved states (1989–2010)
- 8 The rise and fall of Training and Enterprise Councils 141
- 9 New Labour and the learning age 156
- 10 Skills policy in the devolved nations 178
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PART IV The technocratic state (2010–present)
- 11 Austerity in FE: forgotten education? 203
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Conclusion
- 12 The future of work 227
- Appendix A Landmarks in the development of skills policy in Britain 1881–2025 253
- Appendix B Sectors of the UK economy covered by statutory Industrial Training Boards (1964–81) 256
- Appendix C National Qualifications Framework (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 257
- Appendix D National Archives files consulted (formerly Public Record Office) 258
- Notes 260
- References 261
- Index 292
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures, tables and boxes vi
- List of abbreviations vii
- About the author x
- Acknowledgements xi
- Preface xii
-
Introduction
- 1 Skills policy as a field of study 3
- 2 Political economy of skill: the incremental state 20
-
PART I The interventionist state (1939–79)
- 3 Skills planning in the crisis of war 41
- 4 The legacy of 1944: turf battles and technology 63
- 5 The golden era of industrial training 72
-
PART II The laissez-faire state (1980–88)
- 6 Rolling back the frontiers of the training state? 91
- 7 Employer voluntarism: who pays? 118
-
PART III Localism and the devolved states (1989–2010)
- 8 The rise and fall of Training and Enterprise Councils 141
- 9 New Labour and the learning age 156
- 10 Skills policy in the devolved nations 178
-
PART IV The technocratic state (2010–present)
- 11 Austerity in FE: forgotten education? 203
-
Conclusion
- 12 The future of work 227
- Appendix A Landmarks in the development of skills policy in Britain 1881–2025 253
- Appendix B Sectors of the UK economy covered by statutory Industrial Training Boards (1964–81) 256
- Appendix C National Qualifications Framework (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) 257
- Appendix D National Archives files consulted (formerly Public Record Office) 258
- Notes 260
- References 261
- Index 292