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- Captures the contradictions and dangers of equating lifelong learning with individualisation and individual responsibility in high insecurity societies
- Draws on more than 15 years of international research that has focused on the subjective experiences of ordinary people in the changing social landscapes of globalization and risk
- Argues for broader and fairer forms of meritocracy, bringing work and the pursuit of broader social purposes into a better balance at all levels of the social world
- Develops unique conceptual schema for rethinking ‘structure and agency’ in relation to learning, work and social responsibility
Part of the book series: Lifelong Learning Book Series (LLLB, volume 13)
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Book Title: Learning, Work and Social Responsibility
Book Subtitle: Challenges for Lifelong Learning in a Global Age
Authors: Karen Evans
Series Title: Lifelong Learning Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9759-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9758-4Published: 02 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8201-5Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9759-1Published: 26 May 2009
Series ISSN: 1871-322X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-5325
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 274
Topics: Sociology of Education, International and Comparative Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Educational Policy and Politics