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ERIC Number: EJ442509
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0830
"Smiling for the Tourists": The Education and Training of the Unemployed in Canada.
Edwards, Richard
Studies in the Education of Adults, v24 n1 p56-77 Apr 1992
Argues that provision of training for the unemployed is driven by capitalist economic policy and political choices about participation in the global economy. The gap between aims and outcomes of programs for the unemployed is integral to the restructuring of the economy that is taking place. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Government Role, Job Training, Labor Economics, Political Influences, Public Policy, Structural Unemployment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada