Local governance for promoting employment
Subtitle: comparing the performance of Japan and seven countries
By: edited by Sylvain Giguère, Yoshio Higuchi and the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
Contributors: Rōdō Seisaku Kenkyū Kenshū Kikō
Publisher: Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Manpower policy; Local government; Economic development; Government policy; Full employment policies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Local governance for promoting economic and employment development: challenges for Japan / Sylvain Giguère and Yoshio Higuchi; title: The reasons why Japan's local communities need employment strategies / Yoshio Higuchi; title: Local employment development, decentralization, governance and the role of government / Sylvain Giguère; title: The local dimension of the European employment strategy / Robert Strauss; title: Local employment development : the French model / Xavier Greffe; title: Local employment measures in the U.K. : overview and assessment / Ivan Turok; title: Overview of state and local economic development policies and practice in the United States / Randall W. Eberts; title: Regional employment development policies and programs in the United States / Kozo Aoyama; title: Employment policy in Denmark : high levels of employment, flexibility and welfare security / Jan Hendeliowitz and Carina Bastlund Woolhead; title: Active employment measures in Canada : the role of regional economic development agencies / Michèle Fong; title: Instruments and programmes for local development in Italy / Claudio Tagliaferro; title: Job-centers for local employment promotion in Germany / Hugh Mosley; title: The transition and current situation of regional employment policies in Japan / Minoru Ito and Kazufumi Yugami.