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Creating Cooperation. How States Develop Human Capital in Europe.(Book Review)
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West European Politics
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May 1, 2004
- Author:
- Lane, Christel
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2004 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Creating Cooperation. How States Develop Human Capital in Europe. By PEPPER CULPEPPER. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. 2003. Pp. xiii + 239, biblio, index. 21.95 [pounds sterling] (cloth) ISBN 0-80114-4069-6
This book is important on two counts. It develops a new theoretical framework for understanding state policy, designed to solve private problems of coordination and cooperation in the decentralised decision-making of firms. Empirically, the book adopts a very important, yet challenging to study, topic. It deals with the introduction of a new approach to vocational education and training (VET)--the investment of firms in general skills through VET--in the ...