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In the face of this experience, theoretical attention has shifted from the prospect of crisis leading to an imminent systemic change towards a concern with the more gradual but still profound process of 'structural adjustment' (OECD, 1989). In essence the argument is that the Chris Pierson 25 international economic context has been transformed in ways that mandate change in governments' domestic economic and social policies. In the (increasing number of) areas of social policy direcdy exposed to international economic forces this has called for a greater focus upon competitiveness.
Second, they are seen to have undermined the authority and capacity of the interventionist state, or at least of the redistributivist state. These developments present acute difficulties for policies that are premised upon controlling investment decisions and redistributing resources and opportunities within national boundaries. Facing the heightened international mobility of capital, governments find themselves exposed to a 'permanent referendum' upon their financial probity in the international money markets.
Second, elements of social policy, notably education and training, began to be framed in ways that were more than simply ameliorative; that is to say, they were considered less as measures for social protection than as elements in a strategy of economic modernisation which involved the active participation of citizens themselves in making the most of the opportunities open to them. To this end, as one party document put it, Labour perceived a need for 'a massive change in attitude on the part of managers .