A social investment perspective on lifelong learning: the role of institutional complementarities in the development of human capital and social participation

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-62
Author(s):  
Yuri Kazepov ◽  
Ruggero Cefalo ◽  
Mirjam Pot
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Learning Policies ◽  
The 1960S

The chapter investigates the relationship between social investment (SI) and lifelong learning (LLL). First, we present and describe the SI and LLL perspectives, reviewing their foundations and main principles. Even if lifelong learning policies are considered part of a SI strategy, the origin of LLL perspective dates back to the 1960s. These approaches present significant overlaps, but also differences related to the scope and aims of interventions. Moreover, both the critical debates on SI and LLL stress the relevance of ambiguities that can be traced back to the co-existence of a narrower functionalistic understanding and market-led human capital approach (functionalistic view); vis-a-vis a holistic comprehension of inclusion taking into account issues of social participation and human capabilities. Second, we discuss the critical issue of institutional complementarities as preconditions for the effectiveness of SI policies, to be identified in the complex and time-framed interface among labour market, education system, and welfare state. By doing this, we go beyond the mere consideration of LLL policies as an example of social investment policy. We argue for a strategic role of LLL policies as specifically addressing the time dimension by means of coherent interventions over the life course.

scholarly journals Review of Valentina Milenkova and Siika Kovacheva’s book „ Regional Insights to Lifelong Learning Policies in Support of Young Adults in Bulgaria“

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-261
Author(s):  
Vladislava Lendzova
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Functional Region ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Functional Relations ◽  
Learning Policies ◽  
The University

Valentina Milenkova and Siika Kovacheva's book "Regional Insights to Lifelong Learning Policies in Support of Young Adults in Bulgaria" (Регионални измерения на политиките за учене през целия живот в подкрепа на младите възрастни в България) has been published in English by Avangard Prima in Sofia in this 2020 - ISBN 978-619-239-316-8. This book presents the increased role of education in the modern European societies. An important milestone in the LLL polices in the book are research projects. Such is the project "YOUNG_ADULLLT - 'Policies Supporting Young Adults in their Life Course. A Comparative Perspective of Lifelong Learning and Inclusion in Education and Work in Europe" with Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Marcelo Parreira do Amaral from the University of Munster, funded under the Horizon 2020 program. One of the important features of the project is its commitment to the functional region – a specific amalgam of functional relations between diverse institutions in a particular area (Parreira do Amaral, 2019). The functional region as a key concept was used in the project to indicate specifics in terms of living conditions, education, institutions that form the skills of young people. The structure of the book is: an introduction, five chapters, a conclusion and annexes. The main focus is on the policies and practices of diverse educational institutions and understanding of the link policy- practice as а decisive factor for modern education.

Inscribing Maternalism in the Social Investment Perspective

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Jenson
Keyword(s):  
Social Investment ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Male Breadwinner ◽  
The Social ◽  
European Social Policy ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Policy Communities ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
Act One

Beginning in the 1960s, second-wave feminists framed their claims against the discourses and policy practices in the male breadwinner model that was widespread at the time. They found it too maternalist, accepting the traditional role of women as mothers responsible for care. It is, therefore, ironic that the male breadwinner model is no longer promoted by public policy communities, and yet, maternalism has returned to policy practices. The social investment perspective, now dominant in European social policy, addresses women primarily as mothers and secondarily as workers. This article documents this return to maternalism and attributes the shift to two ideational mechanisms present in the universe of political discourse within which proponents of the social investment perspective act. One is a mechanism of “being aware of gender,” including differences generating inequalities, and the other is a mechanism of “writing out gender equality.” Both drive the process of inscribing maternalism into policy and programmes.   Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v9i2.231

Social investment: Diffusing ideas for redesigning citizenship after neo-liberalism?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 688-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Laruffa
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Minimal State ◽  
Economic Rationale ◽  
Accurate Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Economic Understanding

Social investment has become the dominant approach to welfare reform in Europe and elsewhere. Scholars supporting this perspective have argued that it represents a paradigm shift from neo-liberalism – defined as the ideology of the minimal state and welfare retrenchment. This article challenges this claim, arguing that this definition of neo-liberalism is simplistic and empirically weak. It states that under a more accurate definition, social investment reflects four characteristics of neo-liberalism: the de-politicisation of the economy and of welfare reform; the economic understanding of the state; the extension of economic rationale to non-economic domains; and the anthropology of human capital. Taking this view, while social investment is preferable to welfare retrenchment, it promotes the same kind of citizenship as neo-liberalism, especially in terms of the marginalisation of the role of democracy in regulating the economy.

scholarly journals The evolution of the Strategic role of Designers for Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian BALDASSARRE ◽  
Giulia CALABRETTA ◽  
Nancy BOCKEN ◽  
Jan Carel DIEHL ◽  
Duygu KESKIN
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Large City ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Business Perspective ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Strategic Goal

Design for Sustainable Development refers to the application of a design process to solve a problem related to sustainability, such as creating a pair of shoes that can be recycled or managing waste collection in a large city. Since the origins of this concept in the 1960s, Design for Sustainable Development has been evolving, gradually broadening its scope over time from the design of products to the design of services, business models and wider ecosystems. In this evolution, designers have come closer and closer to business problems, thus becoming more strategic. In this paper, we explore this evolution from a business perspective. We visualize it into a framework and interview eight academic experts about the Strategic role of Designers for Sustainable Development. We find that the evolution can be framed around five topics: the strategic goal of designers, and their related perspective, language, key activities and main challenge. After discussing how the evolution took place around each topic, we draw implications for designers and managers who are willing to play an active role in the transition towards sustainable development.

scholarly journals The role of lifelong learning in the development of human capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-72
Author(s):  
D. A. Dmytruk ◽  
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R. Ya. Levin ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Lifelong Learning

scholarly journals Lifelong learning governance and International Organisations

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-481
Author(s):  
Mihaela Viorica Rusitoru ◽  
Arto Kallioniemi ◽  
Alison Taysum
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Lead Author ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Monitoring Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Learning Policies

Lifelong learning policies are subject to various approaches of educational governance. Our research presents a hypothesis that lifelong learning policies are creating and engaging with new facets of governance. To test for proof of concept, the lead author conducted interviews with officials and policy makers from international organisations such as the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the International Labour Organisation and the Council of Europe. The thematic analysis of the data revealed lifelong learning governance is characterised by an «effects spiral» or «interactive governance» – an institutional formation, functioning and conditioning in decision making of international, European and national actors. A double issue is also highlighted: the economic difficulties (employability, flexi-security, funding and mobility) and the monitoring process (expertise, comparison, transposition, supervision and control), which are prioritised over the social role of education. This is important because it is the social role of education that empowers citizens to realise national, regional, and international strategic plans, and the monitoring process for sustainable development. The thematic analysis reveals new forms of governance in lifelong learning policies, namely collaborative governance, competitive governance, control governance and thematic governance. The authors present this taxonomy on lifelong learning governance with recommendations of how lifelong learning policies can be optimised.

scholarly journals Lifelong Learning Policies: The Case of Work-Based Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Aggelos Kavasakalis ◽  
Foteini Liossi
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Formal And Informal Learning ◽  
European Policies ◽  
Learning Policies

In this paper the role of validation and recognition of non-formal and informal learning, focusing on work-based learning (WBL) is examined. The paper is based on the analysis of EU and international organizations policy documents related to developments in the areas of Lifelong Learning and the development of learning processes through WBL. In the first section, a general overview of the wider condition of the society and economy and the necessity of the discussion on the paper’s theme take place. In the next part of the paper a mention of key points of the European policies on life-long learning with the focus of recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning is been presented. In the third part, the section before the concluding remarks, the theme of Work-based learning, the development of necessary validation processes and the challenges are being analyzed.

Multi-homing within platform ecosystems: The strategic role of human capital

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 14657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijayaraghavan Venkataraman ◽  
Marco Ceccagnoli ◽  
Christopher Forman
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Platform Ecosystems
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