Unterweger, Daniel FranzDaniel FranzUnterweger2023-04-132023-04-132022-09-19https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/108281What future do coordinated, egalitarian forms of capitalism have in an increasingly globalized and digitized world? By addressing this perennial political-economic question, this dissertation provides novel insights on the increasing role that state intervention can play in coordinated models of capitalism. To explore these dynamics, I examine collective, dual vocational education and training systems, which have increasingly moved to the center of both scholarly and political attention due to their positive effects on economic efficiency as well as social inclusion. Such collective systems of skill formation based on the dual apprenticeship model are a prime example of coordinated capitalism that is particularly affected by globalization and technological change. Exploring instances of state-led vocational training policies in the skill formation systems of Austria, Denmark, and Switzerland, this cumulative dissertation consists of four individual articles that all aim to find the causal, political-economic factors that enable increasing state intervention in the face of the aforementioned structural trends. In sum, I show that none of the political-economic actors central to skill formation systems is in principle opposed to increased state intervention; rather they favor different forms of state intervention. This means that multiple pathways to a larger role of the state are possible, leading to more potential for state intervention in contemporary capitalism than often assumed. Surprisingly, many reactions to structural pressures might consequently entail a stronger role of the state. This is the case because not only unions, but also employers and/or their associations might, under certain conditions, consent to or even favor certain forms of state intervention. However, while one might assume that such increasing statism would lead to a survival of the egalitarian nature of European models of capitalism, this is determined largely by who is able to set the terms of state intervention.enStaatPolitische ÖkonomieBerufsausbildungEDIS-5256VETapprenticeshipskillspolitical economyStatedoctoral thesis