Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s

by Michael Sanderson

Book Overview

For many years, British scientific and technical education has been regarded as inadequate and poor in comparison to competing countries. The deficiencies of the British education system and its failure to support and promote vocational education and training to create human capital in the labor force have been seen as a large factor in Britain's economic decline since the 1870s. Michael Sanderson examines education's supposed part--or not--in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521588421
• ISBN13: 9780521588423
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"