Moving beyond skills as a social and economic panacea

Keep, Ewart John and Mayhew, Ken 2010. Moving beyond skills as a social and economic panacea. Work, Employment and Society 24 (3) , pp. 565-577. 10.1177/0950017010371663

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Abstract

This article examines two inter-related issues. First, the tendency for UK skills policies to act as a substitute for other social and economic measures. Second, the problem of current conceptualisations of skills policy creating narrowly-drawn, technicist interventions that are frequently incommensurate with the scale of the problems which they purpor t to tackle. The ar ticle suggests that current policy formation processes, particularly in England, are being deployed in a manner that seeks to close off consideration of other potential avenues by which contemporary social and economic problems might be addressed. The case is made for a wider framing of both policy possibilities and avenues for relevant research to support such policy development.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Uncontrolled Keywords:	jobs; skills; social equality
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	0950-0170
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2017 08:59
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25784

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