Abstract

VOSSIEK, Janis. Between conflict and cooperation: Apprenticeship reforms in Britain, Ireland and Australia during economic crises. Linhas Críticas [online]. 2016, vol.22, n.49, pp.552-576. ISSN 1981-0431.  https://doi.org/10.2016/lcv22n49.552.

In this article, I discuss to what extent reforms promoting dual training are successful in countries, which lack well-established traditions of social partnership in industrial relations, namely Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom. On the basis of three condensed case studies, I show that government partisanship is an important factor that shapes apprenticeship reform outcomes: Left and centrist governments promoted cooperative approaches that brought together unions and employers in apprenticeship reforms, whereas the neoliberal, right Thatcher government curtailed union influence in training and pursued a course of marketization.

Keywords : Dual Education; Vocational Education; Apprenticeship; Labor Market.

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