The Emergence Of Learning Societies; Who Participates In Adult Learning Book

	Introduction: Who Participates in Organized Adult Learning?
1	The Amplitude and the Diversity of Organized Adult Learning. An Overview of Adult Education Participation in Industrialized Countries	1
2	Canada: The Growing Economic Imperative	23
3	The Netherlands: Impacts of a New Policy Environment	43
4	Poland: Adult Learning and Economic Transition	57
5	Sweden: The Impact of the Politics of Participation	71
6	The United States of America: The Current Predominance of Learning for the Job	95
7	Switzerland: Growing Demand, Fragmented Responses	109
8	The Canary Islands: A Dual Learning Society	133
9	Methodologies for Monitoring Adult Education Participation	149
	Conclusion	163
Appendix	The Adult Education Participation Survey, Part of the International Adult Literacy Survey	169
App. A	The Adult Education Participation Survey	169
App. B	A Description of Data-Collection Procedures	175
	Contents of Chapters	179
	Index of Names	185
	Bibliography	187
	Notes on Contributors	193