TY - BOOK ID - 17553218 TI - How institutions evolve PY - 2004 SN - 9780521837682 9780521546744 0521546745 0521837685 9780511790997 0511231733 9780511231735 0511230982 9780511230981 9780511230202 0511230206 0511790996 9786610702251 661070225X 1107161770 1280702257 0511229364 0511302894 PB - Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - World history KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - United States KW - Germany KW - Great Britain KW - Japan KW - Employees KW - Occupational training KW - Training of KW - Training KW - Politics KW - Personnel KW - Formation professionnelle KW - Case studies. KW - Case studies KW - Formation KW - Cas, Etudes de KW - #SBIB:316.334.1O212 KW - #SBIB:316.334.1O222 KW - #SBIB:316.334.1O350 KW - #SBIB:35H433 KW - Job training KW - Manpower development and training KW - Manpower training programs KW - Vocational training KW - Laborers KW - Workers KW - Onderwijsbeleid: nationaal KW - Organisatie van het onderwijs: regionaal KW - Onderwijs en economie KW - Beleidssectoren: onderwijs- en onderzoeksbeleid KW - Education KW - Education and training services industry KW - Practice firms KW - Persons KW - Industrial relations KW - Personnel management KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science KW - Employees - Training of - Europe - Case studies KW - Employees - Training of - United States - Case studies KW - Employees - Training - Japan - Case studies KW - Occupational training - Europe - Case studies KW - Occupational training - United States - Case studies KW - Occupational training - Japan - Case studies KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17553218 AB - The institutional arrangements governing skill formation are widely seen as a key element in the institutional constellations defining 'varieties of capitalism' across the developed democracies. This book explores the origins and evolution of such institutions in four countries - Germany, Britain, the United States and Japan. It traces cross-national differences in contemporary training regimes back to the nineteenth century, and specifically to the character of the political settlement achieved among employers in skill-intensive industries, artisans, and early trade unions. The book also tracks evolution and change in training institutions over a century of development, uncovering important continuities through putative 'break points' in history. Crucially, it also provides insights into modes of institutional change that are incremental but cumulatively transformative. The study underscores the limits of the most prominent approaches to institutional change, and identifies the political processes through which the form and functions of institutions can be radically reconfigured over time. ER -