Greening Steel Work: Varieties of Capitalism and the "Greening" of Skills

Autor/inn/en	Evans, Claire; Stroud, Dean
Titel	Greening Steel Work: Varieties of Capitalism and the "Greening" of Skills
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Work, 29 (2016) 3, S.263-283 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-9080
DOI	10.1080/13639080.2014.907487
Schlagwörter	Public Policy; Foreign Countries; Sustainability; Economic Progress; Conservation (Environment); Job Skills; Occupations; Comparative Analysis; Industry; Metallurgy; Engineering Education; Apprenticeships; Vocational Education; Innovation; Barriers; Labor Market; Environmental Education; European Union; Germany; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Ordnung; Ausland; Nachhaltigkeit; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Produktive Fertigkeit; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Industrie; Hüttenwesen; Ingenieurausbildung; Apprenticeship; Lehre; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Deutschland; Großbritannien
Abstract	An important driver of change in work, employment and skills is European Union policy aims of sustainable economic growth and the cultivation of a green economy. Part of the latter--which is supported by increasing environmental regulation--focuses on the development of a "green skills agenda," which involves the "greening" of existing occupations as well as meeting the skill needs of new environmental sectors and occupations. In this paper, we compare attempts to 'green' work and skills through an examination of engineering apprenticeships within the German and British steel industries. We argue that efforts to "green" skills are taking place at varying degrees of intensity, mostly because of variations in institutional context. The evidence we present suggests that implementation of change is much more dynamic in the context of Coordinated Market Economies such as Germany, where development is shaped by robust VET frameworks and wider processes of environmental innovation. In contrast, within Liberal Market Economies such as the UK, there are significant barriers to the vision for and investments in skills generally, as well as those necessary for greening the labour process, with an extant development paradigm that is driven by short-term benefits and a limited focus on environmental compliance. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01