The development of vocational education and training in Geneva and Basel-Stadt from the 1950s to the 1980s
The development of vocational education and training in Geneva and Basel-Stadt from the 1950s to the 1980s. How cantonal education policies were influenced by the availability of a non-local workforce
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The present thesis project involves research and analysis of historical documentation for the purpose of drawing a correlation between two key economic and social policy themes affecting Switzerland's development in the 1970s: firstly, vocational education and training, and secondly, the availability of a labour pool of non-local workers.