02060    a2200313   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001600151072001500167072001300182072001400195072001300209072002100222072002100243072002100264072001900285100001400304245009100318250000600409260003200415300001000447520127400457999001501731036733243420250317100404.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9780367332433  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 33.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJNP2thema7 aJNMT2thema7 aJNA2thema7 aJNP2bic7 aJNMT2bic7 aJNA2bic7 aEDU0000002bisac7 aEDU0030002bisac7 aEDU0250002bisac7 a370.1132bisac1 aPaul Ryan10aInternational Comparisons of Vocational Education and Training for Intermediate Skills  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210331  a308 p  bPaul Ryan has brought together the writings of the most prominent British research into vocational preparation in Britain in comparison to the other advanced economies, primarily within the EEC. The book, originally published in 1991, documents various aspects of inadequacy in British practice at the time, concentrating upon intermediate skills, which are of crucial importance for economic performance. The introduction outlines the strengths and weaknesses of comparative research. Part 1 discusses the use which has been made of it by policy makers in Britain and various aspects of comparative methods in practical comparisons, including an Anglo-Scottish one. Part 2 concerns vocational preparation in connection with productivity and produce markets, noting its importance for economic performance and its dependence upon companies’ product choices. Part 3 contains studies of the organization of skills and work and the finance of training within the EEC as a whole. Part 4 comprises studies of training in relation to labour market structures, each of which indicates similar alternatives for training policy in Britain – alternatives whose relevance and political prospects can only be enhanced by the demise of Thatcher government deregulatory policies.  c1534d1534