1. Vocational training : international perspectives / Gerhard Bosch and Jean Charest -- 2. Vocational education and training in Australia : the evolution of a segmented training system / Richard Cooney and Michael Long -- 3. Vocational training in Canada : the poor second cousin in a...

This paper examines critically the concept of the standard employment relationship (SER), differentiating between form and substance. It explores the social functions served by the SER and its evolution in western Europe. Six major causes underpinning changes in the employment relationship are...