Lifelong Learning in Europe : : Equity and Efficiency in the Balance / / ed. by Sheila Riddell, Jorg Markowitsch, Elisabet Weedon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Boeren, Ellen,; Hefler, Günter,; Holford, John,; Leuven, KU,; Markowitsch, Jörg,; Nicaise, Ides,; Riddell, Sheila,; Roosmaa, Eve-Liis,; Róbert, Péter,; Saar, Ellu,; Weedon, Elisabet,
• HerausgeberIn: Markowitsch, Jorg,; Riddell, Sheila,; Weedon, Elisabet,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

The ongoing economic crisis raises fundamental questions about the political and social goals of the European Union, particularly the feasibility of harmonising social and education policy across member states. The forward momentum of the European project is clearly faltering, raising the possibility that the high water mark of European integration has been achieved, with implications for many aspects of education and social policy, including lifelong learning. This timely book makes a major and original contribution to the development of knowledge and understanding of lifelong learning in an expanded Europe. Its wide range of contributors look at the contribution of lifelong learning to economic growth and social cohesion across Europe, focusing its challenge to social exclusion. It draws on comparative data from the EU Sixth Framework Project Lifelong Learning Policy and Practice in Europe (LLL2010), which ran from 2005 - 2011 and involved twelve European countries and Russia. Very little research has been conducted to date on the nature of lifelong learning in post-Soviet countries, and this book provides important insights into their evolving education and lifelong learning systems. The book will be of interest to researchers and academics in the UK and Europe, especially those from social policy, adult and comparative education, equality studies and practice of lifelong learning.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and case studies -- Notes on contributors -- List of contributors, by country, to the EU Sixth Framework Project ‘Towards a Lifelong Learning Society in Europe: The Contribution of the Education System’ (LLL2010) -- Lifelong learning and the generation of human and social capital -- Lifelong learning and the wider European socioeconomic context -- Neoliberal and inclusive themes in European lifelong learning policy -- Formal adult education in the spotlight: profiles, motivations and experiences of participants in 12 European countries -- The sociodemographic obstacles to participating in lifelong learning across Europe -- The qualification-providing enterprise? Support for formal adult education in small and medium-sized enterprises -- Reducing or reinforcing inequality: assessing the impact of European policy on widening access to higher education -- Conclusion: the role of lifelong learning in reducing social inequality at a time of economic crisis -- Technical annex to Chapter Four -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations -- Index