What is the 'High Skills Society'? Some Reflections on Current Academic and Policy Debates in the UK

Policy Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 115-133

  Lloyd, Caroline ^a   Payne, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345016403     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144287032000171000     Document Type: Review

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