The Regionalization of Youth Training in France
评估1993年《就业与培训法》如何增强地区在青年培训政策制定中的作用，分析治理概念在区域化进程中的适用性。
This article assesses the impact of the Employment and Training Act of 1993, which enhanced the role of the regions in Youth Training policy making. The changes that have occurred are examined in terms of the concept of governance, which has often been criticized for its lack of rigour. The four previously distinct sub-sectors of Youth Training policy are analysed, revealing significant shifts in relationships within and between them, under the aegis of the regions as local authorities. The article argues that despite the imprecision of governance as a concept, it is a useful analytical tool, focusing attention on the increasingly flexible, variegated modes of competitive co-operation which are emerging in this particular policy domain.