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The Politics of Industrial Training in the United Kingdom*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Malcolm Anderson  and
John Fairley Jurue
Malcolm Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Politics & Centre of European Government Studies, University of Edinburgh
John Fairley Jurue
Affiliation:
University of Aston
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Abstract

Important and controversial changes have recently taken place in industrial training in the United Kingdom. Training is a complex policy area – industrial, economic, educational and social objectives may be pursued through it. For the most part it has been policy formation which has been dominated by professionals and thus there has been a ‘closed system’ into which outsiders rarely intrude. But outside influences have become more powerful; consequently the professionals are careful about which issues they place on the agenda for discussion. However, the most striking impression made by the training system is its lack of coherence and this may undermine its effectiveness.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1983 , pp. 191 - 207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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