Bøker av Hugh Lauder

Why are America and Britain wealthier than ever but millions of children live in poverty, neighbourhoods want for basic amenities and the middle classes fear for their families, jobs and futures? An obsession that the New Democrats in America and the New Labour in Britain have failed to exorcize.

A contribution to current debates about the future of skill formation in a context of economic globalization, rapid technological innovation, and change within education, training, and the labour market, this title has implications that stand at the core of firm strategies and government policy in Europe, North America, and Asia.

In this monograph, the author introduces the debate about the importance of state coordination or 'joining up' in the area of 'education and work'.