Education, Work and Social Capital: Towards a New Conception of Vocational Training / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780415204347 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 09/21/2000 Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education , #11 Pages: 230 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) This book provides an integrated treatment of the relationship between political economy and vocational education at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Approaching the subject from a philosophical perspective the author engages with debates about* the work-related aims of education * the moral and spiritual significance of work * the conceptualisation of political economy * high-skill economies and vocational education* the 'end of work' thesis* the relationship between education and training in vocational education * future work patterns * the educational consequences of the economic theories of influential economists such as Smith, Mill, Marx, Marshall and Keynes.This is an essential and ground-breaking study for academics and students of business studies, econom