Global Perspectives on Adult Education and Learning Policy

The worldwide appearance and expression of adult education and lifelong learning have changed significantly during the past 20 years. This book explores recent changes in their related national and international policies, how they intersect with developments in higher education and how they may contribute to debates on citizenship and democracy.

Idowu Biao, University of Botswana, Botswana Ana Canen, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Peter Easton, Florida State University, USA John Field, University of Stirling, UK Keith Hammond, University of Glasgow, UK Martin Kopecký, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic In Tak Kwon, Chonbuk National University, South Korea Sayantan Mandal, Universidad de Deusto, Spain Tonic Maruatona, University of Botswana, Botswana Lesley McBain, University of California, USA Marcella Milana, Aarhus University, Denmark Tom Nesbit, Simon Fraser University, Canada Balázs Németh, University of Pécs Hungary Eugenia A. Panitsides, University of Macedonia, Greece Kjell Rubenson, University of British Columbia, Canada Malaika Samples, Florida State University, USA Michal erák, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Michael Tagoe, University of Ghana, Ghana Alan Tuckett, University of Wolverhampton, UK Raúl Valdés-Cotera, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Germany