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Tables of Contents for High Skills
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
vii
List of Tables
viii
Preface
ix
Acknowledgements
xiii
Skill Formation in the Twenty-First Century
1
55
Phillip Brown
Introduction
1
2
Human Capital Theory
3
10
What's Wrong with Human Capital Theory
13
16
The Political Economy of High Skills
29
5
The Seven C's of High Skill Formation
34
18
A Note on Comparative Method
52
4
Models of High Skills in National Competition Strategies
56
105
Andy Green
Akiko Sakamoto
Policy Arguments for High Skills
56
11
Germany-The High Skills Society Model
67
22
Singapore-The Developmental High Skills Model
89
16
Japan-The High Skills Manufacturing Model
105
18
The UK-High Skills/Low Skills Model
123
19
Skill Formation Systems and the Global Economy
142
19
Innovation, Skill Diffusion, and Social Exclusion
161
43
Hugh Lauder
Introduction
161
2
The Nature of Innovation and Skill Diffusion
163
1
Education Training and Labour Market Regimes
164
2
Labour Market Regimes and Exclusion
166
1
A Comparative Analysis of ET Systems, Labour Market Structures, and Skill Diffusion
167
1
The Occupational Labour Market
167
8
The Internal Labour Market
175
8
The Guided Labour Market
183
8
The Flexible Labour Market
191
5
Polarization of Incomes, Skill Acquisition, and Diffusion
196
2
Training and Skill Foundations for Moving Up the Value Chain
198
3
Conclusion
201
3
Globalization, Multinationals, and the Labour Market
204
31
Hugh Lauder
Yadollah Mehralizadeh
Introduction
204
1
Competing Hypotheses Concerning Globalization
205
3
Globalization and the German Occupational Labour Market
208
3
Globalization and the Korean Internal Labour Market
211
6
Globalization and Singapore's Guided Labour Market
217
5
Globalization and Britain's Flexible Labour Market
222
3
High-Performance Work Practices and Key Skills
225
2
The Case Study
227
6
Conclusion
233
2
Globalization and the Political Economy of High Skills
235
28
Phillip Brown
Introduction
235
6
The Future of Skill Formation: Pressure Points and Trade-Offs
241
2
The Impact of Globalization
243
5
Upgrading the Skills of the Workforce
248
4
Opportunity and Social Inclusion
252
6
Changing Models of the Worker
258
3
Conclusion
261
2
Appendix: List of Organizations Interviewed
263
6
References
269
24
Author Index
293
6
Subject Index
299