Article Gold Open Access 2018

Caught up in the past? Social inclusion, skills, and vocational education and training policy in England

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Fleckenstein, Timo
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Lee, Soohyun Christine
Journal of Education and Work
Journal · Vol. 31 · Issue 2 · pp. 109-124
Abstract

Since the mid-1990s, governments of different political persuasion have tried to reform VET policy to address problems in skills formation and social inclusion. Despite considerable policy activism, success has been somewhat limited, and England failed to overcome the problems associated with its liberal training regime. This article assesses the failure in vocational skills formation as a political economy and a public policy problem. It challenges the determinism in the political economy literature, points to poor public policy-making, and outlines possible policy levers. © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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Skills Apprenticeships vocational education and training Social inclusion England

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Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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