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This monograph examines the theoretical and practical aspects of lifelong learning from an international perspective and identifies the issues and forces at work in this important emerging field in higher education. It is divided into seven parts that address the key areas of debate and analysis in a range of national and international contexts. Themes and issues explored include the nature of 'learning society' and the implications for teaching and learning, ethics and gender. Case studies from a range of countries including Hong Kong, New Zealand and South Africa are used to illustrate the debate. The chapters are as follows: Part I - 'International policy': Edgar Faure after 25 years: down but not out / Roger Boshier; Public rhetoric and public policy: analysing the difference for lifelong learning / Colin Griffin; Lifelong learning and the European Union: a critique from a 'risk society' perspective / Barry Hake; Critical perspectives and new beginnings: reframing the discourse on lifelong learning / Michael Collins; Part II - 'Lifelong learning in the learning society': Paradoxes of the learning society / Peter Jarvis; Persuasive discourses: learning and the production of working subjects in a post-industrial era / Elaine Butler; Lifelong learning for social responsibility: exploring the significance of aesthetic reflectivity for adult education / Theo Jansen, Matthias Finger and Danny Wildemeersch; Lifelong learning through the Habermasian lens: providing a theoretical grounding to adult education practice / Brian Connelly; Part III - 'Lifelong learning and political transitions': From apartheid education to lifelong learning: assessing the ameliorative potential of emerging education policy in South Africa / Bobby Soobrayan; Lifelong learning: a cure for unemployment? From Betriebsakademien to Beschaftigungsgesellschaften in Germany / Marion Sporing; Schools run by social forces: the development of the private sector for lifelong learning in China / Xiao Fang; 'Through-life' perspectives and continuing education in Hong Kong: policy review and policy unformation / John Holford; Part IV - 'Learning, markets and change in welfare states': Demands and possibilities for lifelong learning in market-oriented society: a Finnish perspective on public policy and reality / Jukka Tuomisto; Market oriented policies and the learning society: the case of New Zealand / Michael Law; An analysis of lifelong learning policy in Japan / Hiromi Sasai; Can user choice contribute to lifelong learning? Implications of the Australian experience / Fran Ferrier; A market for lifelong learning? The voucher experience in the City of London / Peter Jarvis, Colin Griffin and John Holford; Part V - 'Learning and change in educational structure': How can university work-based courses contribute to lifelong learning? / David Boud; What would lifelong education look like in a workplace setting? / Paul Hagert and David Becket; Towards the learning society: an Italian perspective / Aureliana Alberici; Sentencing learners to life: retrofitting the academy for the information age / Cliff Falk; The role of the public library in lifelong learning: can Cinderella go to the ball? / Matthew J. Williamson and Margaret K. Wallis; Part VI - 'Learning and change at work': Beyond the threshold: organizational learning at the edge / Paul Tosey and John Nugent; Creating contingency workers: a critical study of the learning organization / Fred M. Schied, Sharon L. Howell, Vicki K. Carter and Judith A. Preston; Consultative and learning approaches in the context of the organizational process innovations / Annikki Jarvinen; Promoting learning networks for small business: how can group learning facilitate change? / Sue Kilpatrick; Part VII - 'Aims, ethics and social purpose in lifelong learning': The liberal instrument / Evan Alderson and Mark Selman; Teaching/learning and decision-making: the face-to-face versus the interface, some implications for ethical practice / Del Loewenthal and Robert Snell; Lifelong learning: the path to lifelong liabilities for women? / Venitha Pillay; Education of employees and business social responsibility: the question of political utilitarianism / Janko Berlogar.