{"product_id":"education-and-jobs-the-great-training-robbery-ewp-foundations-of-sociology-9780971242753","title":"Education and Jobs The Great Training Robbery EWP","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this famous study, the author argues that the familiar correlation between educational training and job performance is a myth and that the upgrading of the supply of labor is meaningless unless we reconsider the nature of the demand. A lengthy new introduction by the author extends his critique into the 1990s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '[This] brilliantly subtitled book . . . is a major contribution to understanding the reality of the labor market.' (\u003cstrong\u003eRobert A. Nixon\u003c\/strong\u003e, Social Policy)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [A] brief, lucid, and devastating book which deserves to be widely read.' (\u003cstrong\u003eLawrence Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e, New York Review of Books)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduction to the Percheron Press Edition: The Great Training Robbery: Revisiting the Science\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Educational Commitments: An Overview\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Education in Economic Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Job Requirements and Educational Achievement\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. Demographic and Managerial Requirements\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. Educational Achievements and Worker Performance\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Educational Achievements and Job-Related Attitudes\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. The Blue-Collar Worker: A Special Case\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Education and Public Service\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. The Great Training Robbery\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eliot Werner Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885121941847,"sku":"9780971242753","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/education-and-jobs-the-great-training-robbery-ewp-foundations-of-sociology-9780971242753","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}