The German Skills Machine

by Culpepper, Pepper D.; Finegold, David

• ISBN13: 9781571812964
• ISBN10: 1571812962
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

This volume brings together empirical and comparative research from across the social sciences to examine whether or not Germany's system of skill provision is still capable of meeting the economic and social challenges now facing all the advanced capitalist economies.

Author Biography

Pepper D. Culpepper is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. David Finegold is Assistant Research Professor at the Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Jutta Gatter is a Benefits Consultant at BASF in Germany. Gary Herrigel is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Thomas Hinz is wissenschaftlicher Assistent at the Institute for Sociology at the Ludwig-Maxmilian-University, Munich. Helga Kruger is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Vocational Education and Chair of the Research Program on "Status Passages and Risks in the Life Course" at the University of Bremen. Eric Parker is a Research Fellow at the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at Rutgers University and is a Research Affiliate of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Joel Rogers is Professor of Law, Political Science, and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. Charles F. Sabel is Professor of Law and Social Science at Columbia Law School. Karin Wagner is Professor of Business Administration at the Fachhochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin. Stewart Wood is Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Magdalen College at Oxford University and a Director of "Nexus," the UK-based policy and ideas network.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Still a Model for the Industrialized Countries?	p. 1
Threats to the German System in Comparative Perspective
The German Apprenticeship System under Strain	p. 37
Craft Production in Crisis: Industrial Restructuring in Germany during the 1990s	p. 77
The German Skill-Creation System and Team-Based Production: Competitive Asset or Liability?	p. 115
Distributive Outcomes of the German Training System
Vocational Training and Job Mobility in Comparative Perspective	p. 159
Gender and Skills: Distributive Ramifications of the German Skill System	p. 189
Continuing Occupational Training in an Aging German Economy	p. 228
International Experiments with In-Firm Training
Individual Choice, Collective Action, and the Problem of Training Reform: Insights from France and Eastern Germany	p. 269
Sectoral Training Initiatives in the US: Building Blocks of a New Workforce Preparation System?	p. 326
Building a Governance Structure for Training? Employers, Government and the TEC Experiment in Britain	p. 363
Conclusion: The Future of the German Skill-Creation System: Conclusions and Policy Options	p. 403
Bibliography	p. 431
Index	p. 469
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