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This qualitative research study has been ‘critiquing’ a construct of ‘ecologies of learning’ or‘capacities of capital’for social partnerships between industry, vocational education and training (VET) and a regional community.  \nThis paper critiques one of these ecologies by exploring the discourses of social capital which present challenges for small business/ community partnerships in practice. It argues that there is a need to question the impact of neoliberalism on social partnerships with VET and how the entities of industry: ‘fortress enterprise’, the  \n2􀀶 Karen Plane A very peculiar practice? Promulgating social partnerships with small business 27  \ncommunity: ‘fortress Australia’, and governance: ‘terra publica’ are positioned within this predominant economic rationalist discourse. It concludes that policies for ‘globalising neoliberalism’ can be capacity reducing for promulgating social partnerships with VETatthe local level.  \nIntroduction: global policies for promulgating public / private partnerships in vet  \nThere is pressure in a growing, resource-intensive sector ofVET for research and practice to come to grips with policy convergence for enabling and encouraging social partnerships with industry to support strategies for the future. Supranational policy statements such as the United Nations/ UNESCO Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005–2014), the World Business Council on Sustainable Development Global Compact (Birch 2004) and the World Bank Development Report (2006) call for public / private partnerships to resource the needs of an international, expanding TVET (technical and vocational education and training) system (UNESCO 2006, 2005 a, b; UNESCO and UNEP 2005; Kronner 2005). The key goals are to enculture private sector social responsibility for VET and TVET through greater contribution to workforce and community development, and local governance at the regional level. Social partnerships may offer a resourceful, devolved approach to governance and are a positive, proactive way in which communities can build capacity and annex the resources for growth, infrastructure and regional sustainability (Caldwell & Keating 2004; Dixon & Barnett 2002; Kenyon & Black 2001: Kretzmann & Mcknight 1993; Centre for Corporate Public Affairs and the Business Council of Australia 2000: Cheers et al. 2002: Allison, Gorringe & Lacey 2006; Seddon & Billett 2004). Proponents of public / private alliances contend that the resulting ‘social capital’ from these positive synergies  \nis a vital reso","cbCaiuUQb2hkc3lN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuUQb2hkc3lN","pdf",204807,11,"English","# Introduction: global policies for promulgating public/private partnerships in VET\n# Background\n## Tackling the ‘undiscussables’ in social capital discourses","[{\"question\":\"What is the paper’s central research focus?\",\"answer\":\"It critiques ecologies of learning/capacities of capital for social partnerships between industry, VET, and a regional community, using discourses of social capital as the lens.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are social partnerships with small business difficult in practice?\",\"answer\":\"The paper argues that prevailing social capital discourses present challenges, especially under the influence of neoliberalism and dominant economic rationalist narratives.\"},{\"question\":\"What conclusion does the paper reach about neoliberal policies?\",\"answer\":\"Policies for globalising neoliberalism can be capacity-reducing for promoting social partnerships with VET at the local level.\"}]","A very peculiar practice? - Promulgating social partnerships with small business - Karen Plane | PDF",1792078995,28]