The transferability of vocational education and training (VET) systems is a central issue
within international comparative VET research. However, scholars working in related …

Understanding the politics of education reform is crucial to assess the challenges facing the
SDG of quality education. This article surveys the small academic literature on the politics of …

This book started from our discussions of a paradox. Yet despite its importance it has been
curiously little discussed in the academic literature. On the one hand, the last century of …

This book examines contemporary changes in labor market institutions in the United States,
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, focusing on developments in industrial …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

Skills and Inequality studies the political economy of education and training reforms from the
perspective of comparative welfare state research. Highlighting the striking similarities …

This article describes the process through which human capital theory came to dominate
policy in post-compulsory education, to result in the fetishisation of skills. It relates skills …

" This book is the final product of a five-year project funded by the European Research
Council (ERC) entitled" Investing in Education in Europe: Attitudes, Politics and …

The German system of skill formation, in particular the dual system of vocational education
and training (VET), is considered in the political economic debate to be a pillar of the …

There have been recent calls to transform VET and to transform development. This double
call leads us to ask how can skills development best support development that is …