Workforce Development Politics: Civic Capacity and Performance - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592132286 ISBN 13: 9781592132287

Publisher: Temple Univ Pr, 2004

Synopsis

If 88% of Americans believe that education and training resources should be available to the jobless and more than two-thirds of employers have identified workforce and skills shortages as top priorities, why aren't we, as a society, able to provide that training in such a way that it leads to long-term economic security? This book looks at the politics of local and regional workforce development: the ways politicians and others concerned with the workforce systems have helped or hindered that process. Contributors examine the current systems that are in place in these cities and the potential for systemic reform through case studies of Denver, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle.Published in association with the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

About this title

From the Publisher

A look at local efforts to improve job training

From the Inside Flap

"Why can't a local coalition of civic leaders be assembled to transform lackluster second chance workforce programs into high performing workforce development investments, just as they mobilized, time and again, to build a new sports stadium, or make a bid to host the Olympics? The payoffs for creating a competitive workforce seem obvious: competitive firms, productive workers, a higher tax base, and more attractive and competitive regions." —from the Introduction

Edition details

• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592132286
• ISBN 13: 9781592132287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Giloth Robert P.