Between Global and Local

Fragoso, António; Kurantowicz, Ewa; Lucio-Villegas, Emilio

Between Global and Local

Adult Learning and Development

by António Fragoso (Volume editor) Ewa Kurantowicz (Volume editor) Emilio Lucio-Villegas (Volume editor)

Education

Series: European Studies in Lifelong Learning and Adult Learning Research, Volume 7

Summary

This book contributes to the debate of the complex relations between development and adult learning in Europe, both at a local and global level. This integrated analysis provides models for interpreting the reality of macro and micro-development, and also for clues on how to make populations life’s better. The book will be useful to researchers in the field of adult education, as well as other social actors (NGOs, social economists, sociologists, and practitioners) concerned with the recent trends in human development and how adult education can help people to deal with it.

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Pages: 244
Year: 2011
ISBN (PDF): 9783653005608
ISBN (Hardcover): 9783631604991
DOI: 10.3726/978-3-653-00560-8
Language: English
Publication date: 2011 (April)
Keywords: Adult education and learning Globalization Local Development Development Theories
Published: Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2011. 243 pp., 3 tables, 2 graphs

Biographical notes

António Fragoso (Volume editor) Ewa Kurantowicz (Volume editor) Emilio Lucio-Villegas (Volume editor)

António Fragoso works at the University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal). His research focuses on adult education, community development and social change. Ewa Kurantowicz works at the University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw (Poland). Her research interests are democratic citizenship, local development and community learning, on the regional level. Emilio Lucio-Villegas works at the University of Seville (Spain). His research focuses on literacy, local development, citizenship and participation.

Between Global and Local

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