Reclaiming the Disengaged: Reform of New Zealand's Vocational Education and Training and Social Welfare Systems

Autor/in	Strathdee, Rob
Titel	Reclaiming the Disengaged: Reform of New Zealand's Vocational Education and Training and Social Welfare Systems
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 18 (2013) 1-2, S.29-45 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359-6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2013.755808
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Welfare Services; Social Systems; Educational Change; Motivation Techniques; Human Capital; Labor Market; Education Work Relationship; Employment; Job Skills; Skill Development; Labor Force Nonparticipants; Unemployment; Neoliberalism; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungsreform; Motivationsförderung; Humankapital; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Dienstverhältnis; Produktive Fertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Neuseeland
Abstract	This paper uses Habermas' theory of the state and his idea of legitimation crisis to critically evaluate recent reforms in New Zealand designed to engage young people (16-24 years of age) in paid employment and/or education and training. The paper identifies three broad strategies adopted by the state to reclaim the disengaged and hence, resolve the crisis of legitimation. These are motivational, punishing and bridging. Motivational strategies are designed to reclaim the disengaged by encouraging young people to adopt dispositions favourable to economic conditions of the time. If successful, young people will work hard to build their human capital in ways conducive to the needs of the economy. Punishing (or work-first) strategies are designed to reduce welfare dependence by making benefits harder to gain in the first instance and reducing entitlement where beneficiaries do not undertake mandated activities (such as looking for work). Finally, bridging strategies attempt to create links between job-seekers and recruiting employers. The paper argues that while these strategies will deliver short-term gains (for the state), the fact that they tighten the connection between the current labour market and education, means that over the longer term, crisis tendencies will remain. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10