Globalization, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society: Sociological Perspectives

by Peter Jarvis

Book Overview

This book critically assesses the learning that is required and provided within a learning society and gives a detailed sociological analysis of the emerging role of lifelong learning with examples from around the globe. Divided into three clear parts the book:

looks at the development of the knowledge economy provides a critique of lifelong learning and the learning society focuses on the changing nature of research in the learning society.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415355435
• ISBN13: 9780415355438
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"