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Bessant, Judith – Journal of Education and Work, 2002
Explanations for persistent youth unemployment (deficits in the unemployed, structural need for unemployment, location of decision-making power) lead to education of youth at risk as a solution, an old paradigm inadequate for the restructured labor market. New questions must be asked, such as separating income from waged labor and finding other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Political Influences, Risk
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Bessant, Judith; Stockley, David – Australian Journal of Education, 1991
The recent history of the academic journal, "Melbourne Studies in Education," whose publication was discontinued because of financial constraints, illustrates the contradictions between the Australian government's stated objectives for intellectual creativity and debate and the economic impact of recent changes in public policy toward…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Government Role