Education as industrial policy : New Labour's marriage of the social and the economic
By: STEDWARD, Gail
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ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, apr. 2003Subject(s): ChinaPolicy & Politics 31, 2, p. 139-152Abstract: Education has been repositioned in the Labour policy hierarchy no longer a straightforward social policy item, it now straddles the social and economic agendas to an extent that makes it possible to talk about education as industrial policy.This article begins by charting the trajectory of ideas and trends which coalesced in the marriage of economic and social policy, the prioritising of education and its role as a key component in the New Labour analysis of Britain's renewal. It then looks at the role of education in New Labour's 'new industrial policy' and examines some of the problems arising from its approach
Education has been repositioned in the Labour policy hierarchy no longer a straightforward social policy item, it now straddles the social and economic agendas to an extent that makes it possible to talk about education as industrial policy.This article begins by charting the trajectory of ideas and trends which coalesced in the marriage of economic and social policy, the prioritising of education and its role as a key component in the New Labour analysis of Britain's renewal. It then looks at the role of education in New Labour's 'new industrial policy' and examines some of the problems arising from its approach
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