Young Adults and Active Citizenship Towards Social Inclusion through Adult Education /

This open access book sheds light on a range of complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations and active citizenship. Adult education has been increasingly recognized as a means to engage and re-engage young adults and facilitate their life chances and soci...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kersh, Natasha (Editor), Toiviainen, Hanna (Editor), Pitkänen, Pirkko (Editor), Zarifis, George K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Lifelong Learning Book Series, 26
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Active Citizenship, Lifelong Learning and Inclusion: introduction to concepts and contexts
  • Chapter 2. Active citizenship programmes for unemployed young adults with low skills in Southern Europe: participation, outreach, and barriers
  • Chapter 3. Active Participatory Citizenship for and with Young Adults in Situations of Risk - on the cover and under-cover
  • Chapter 4. Social inclusion, participation and citizenship in contexts of neoliberalism: examples of adult education policy and practice with young people in the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland
  • Chapter 5. How are the Prospects for Refugees to Become Active Members of Society? - The Vision and Practices in Turkish Adult Education
  • Chapter 6. Adult education as a means to social inclusion in Nordic welfare states: Denmark, Finland and Sweden
  • Chapter 7. Promising or compelling future in Hungary?
  • Chapter 8. Transforming adult education from neo-liberal to holistically inclusive adult education in Baltic states
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion: Divergences or convergences? Facilitating active citizenship through adult education across Europe and beyond.