Education and training for development in East Asia : the political economy of skill formation in East Asian newly industrialised economies / David Ashton ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ashton, David.

ESRC Pacific Asia Programme.

Series:

ESRC Pacific Asia Programme (Series)

ESRC Pacific Asia Programme

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Economic aspects--Asia.

Education.

Vocational education--Asia.

Vocational education.

Occupational training--Asia.

Occupational training.

Economic development--Effect of education on.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The East Asian miracle, or its supposed demise, is always news. The Four Tiger economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea have experienced some of the fastest rates of economic growth ever achieved. This book provides the first detailed analysis of the development of education and training systems in Asia, and the relationship with the process of economic growth.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and overview; 2 The developmental state and the education and training system; Introduction: education, training and economic growth; The neoclassical approach; The World Bank approach; Evaluation of the World Bank approach; Statist approaches; The industrial relations approach; A political economy approach to skill formation; Our method; 3 Singapore; Introduction; The distinctive features of industrialisation in Singapore; Industrialisation through a managed economy

The nation-building and consensus formation processesReliance on MNCs; The development of the education and training system in Singapore; Stage 1: Establishing a manufacturing base and full employment; The industrial base and the demand for skills; The response from the education and training system; Stage 2: The 'Second Industrial Revolution'-creating a skill upgrading strategy; The industrial base and the demand for skills; The response from the education and training system; Stage 3: Singapore International Incorporated-consolidating a skill formation strategy

The industrial base and the demand for skillsThe response from the education and training system; Mechanisms for linking the education and training system with the demand for skills; Conclusions; 4 South Korea; Introduction; Distinctive features of the Korean system; The social preference for education; South Korea's stages of economic growth; (i) Post-colonial beginnings; (ii) From import substitution (IS) to export-oriented industrialisation (EOI); (iii) The Heavy Chemical and Industrialisation Plan (HCIP); (iv) Liberalisation and democratisation

The East Asian skill formation model in South Korea: linkages between education, training and economic developmentInstitutions; The sequencing of economic development and skill formation; The post-colonial stage: reconstruction and nation-building; Export-oriented industrialisation and economic take-off; Skills for the HCIP stage; The period of liberalisation; Reform of the skill formation system; Contradictions and conclusions; 5 Taiwan; Introduction; Distinctive features of Taiwan's system; Economic development; Background to economic take-off

The first-stage import substitution industrialisationExport-oriented industrialisation; The present economic conjuncture; Evolution of manpower policy; The post-colonial period; The era of manpower planning; State-led skill formation in Taiwan; Institutions; Policy making; The skill formation system into the twenty-first century; Conclusions; 6 Hong Kong; Distinctive features: industrialisation via market forces; Stages of economic growth; The first phase; The second phase; The evolution of education and training policy; Phase 1: Using the market to deliver education and training

Phase 2: Expanding the government delivery of education and training

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-67715-4

1-280-15021-1

0-203-98028-X

9780203980286

OCLC:

475953122