CAS350H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Human Capital, Fordism, Vocational Education
Document Summary
Woronov: class work, vocational schools and china"s urban youth. Begins with deng ziaoping"s reform and opening policies in the late 1970s, when china"s leaders began a shift in economic logic to what in china is called a socialist market economy. Since then, modernity understood to be based in economics rather than the progress toward an egalitarian, communist future. Human capital transposes economics, refers to the set of skills that an individual can acquire thanks to investments in his education. Purpose to measure rates of return that investment in education produces. Measure ways that education and training will improve an individual"s ability to perform labor and generate income. Conceals labor of the child required to produce test scores. Derived from capitalist and fordist modes of accumulation. Utopian future no longer defined by socialism or communism,, but instead: a future of national development marked by wealth and power.
