Kalenda, Jan. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XXIV, 244 p. 22 illus. online resource. This book explores the formation and development of the cross-national patterns of adult learning systems between 1989 and 2019 in four Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. Drawing on the approach of the political economy of adult education and historical institutionalism, the book closely examines (1) how the institutional settings in these countries have formed, evolved and contributed to overall participation in adult education and training, (2) how they have shaped patterns of participation and unequal chances to be involved in this social activity, as well as (3) perceived barriers to access organized learning and related governmental policies. This book offers a contemporary overview of key findings regarding adult learning systems. It delves into the factors that influence participation in adult education and training. Through the utilization of the novel framework, GALS (Global Adult Learning Space), the book not only highlights a crucial distinction among adult learning systems within the region but also presents in-depth case studies of these systems in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia spanning a 30-year period. Despite these countries sharing similar institutional backgrounds and societal challenges, the book reveals that their adult learning systems have undergone divergent trajectories over the past three decades. This book will be useful to researchers and scholars in the fields of adult education, comparative education, welfare policy, sociology of education, and European studies. Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Objective of the Book -- Part II: Theory -- Chapter 2. Typologies of ALSs -- Chapter 3. Participation theories in AET -- Chapter 4. Barriers to participation in AET -- Part III: Analytical Approach and Methodology -- Chapter 5. General Analytical Approach -- Chapter 6. Methodology -- Part IV: Formation Paths of ALSs in CE -- Chapter 7. Hungary -- Chapter 8. Czech Republic -- Chapter 9. Slovakia -- Chapter 10. Poland -- Part V: CE ALSs in Global Adult Learning Space -- Chapter 11. Vertical axis: Volume of participation -- Chapter 12. First horizontal axis: The extensification of AET -- Chapter 13. Second horizontal axis: Orientation toward FAE -- Chapter 14. Third horizontal axis: Employersʼ support of NFE -- Chapter 15. Fourth horizontal axis: Public provision of NFE -- Chapter 16. Fifth horizontal axis: Demand for AET -- Part VI: Patterns of Participation and Barriers in CE ALSs -- Chapter17. Participation Patterns in AET -- Chapter 18. Barriers to participation in AET -- Part VII: Discussion and Conclusion -- Chapter 19. Three Stages of ALSs Formation in CE -- Chapter 20. Key Drivers of ALSs Formation in CE -- Chapter 21. Conclusion. by Jan Kalenda. Adult education Continuing education Education and state Educational sociology Adult Education Lifelong Learning Educational Policy and Politics Sociology of Education LC5201-6660.4 9783031598272 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59827-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59827-2 240619 20251030112320.0 978-3-031-59827-2