Training and workforce transformation in the European steel industry: Questions for public policy

Policy Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-161

  Stroud, Dean ^a   Fairbrother, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment policy; European steel industry; European Union; Europeanization; Social exclusion; Vocational education and training; Workforce transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749105161     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870802033423     Document Type: Review

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