Governance and Marketisation in Vocational and Continuing Education (Studien Zur Erwachsenenbildung) - Softcover

Harney, Herausgegeben Von Klaus; Jutting, Dieter H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820460893 ISBN 13: 9780820460895

Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Globalisation and individualisation, decreasing public means, political strategies of decentralisation, increasing participation of social groups and growing markets are discussed as main aspects of the current changes in vocational and continuing education. A comprehensive and integrating theoretical concept of analysis and understanding of these changes is widely missing, but necessary for a supra-national level of observation and comparison. The book includes a survey on this segment of education in several European countries, Australia and the USA. The folio of analysis and comparision is given by the concept of governance, which allows a theoretical and empirical approach to the field of vocational and adult education. The contributions line out governance and marketisation strategies in an international, national and sectoral perspective and give a frame of perception and interpretation on a general level.

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About the Author:

The Editors: Rudolf Husemann is Professor for Adult Education at the University of Erfurt. His main subjects are adult and vocational education in the context of biography, labour market and industrial change, regional and comparative aspects.
Anja Heikkinen is Professor for Adult Education at the University of Jyväskula, Finland. Her main subjects are adult and vocational education in the historical and comparative perspective. She is the co-ordinator of EUROVET, the international network of history and culture in vocational education. She has published several books, e.g. Life long learning, One Focus, Different Systems, Peter Lang 2002.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0820460893
• ISBN 13: 9780820460895
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214
• Editor: Husemann Rudolf, Heikkinen Anja