New Society Models for a New Millennium: The Learning Society in Europe and Beyond (Paperback)

Contents: Michael Kuhn: New Society Models for a New Millennium - Sketching the Global Discourses about a World Vision ? Michael Kuhn: Inside Global Learning Societies ? the ≪War of Ideas≫ of the Good World in the Global Battle of Cultures ? John Field: Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society: The Evolution of Concepts and Research in the UK ? Philippe Mehaut: Knowledge Economy, Learning Society and Lifelong Learning - A Review of the French Literature ? Doris Weidemann: ‘Learning Society’ and ‘Knowledge Society’ - Concepts and Controversies in German Discourses ? Paolo Landri/Domenico Maddaloni: A ‘Blurred’ Object: The Italian Discourses on the Concept of the Learning Society ? Esther Oliver/Iolanda Tortajada: Education for Inclusion in the Information Society ? Jari Kolehmainen: Perspectives on the Finnish Learning Society ? John Field: Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society: Trends and Prospects in Europe ? Ewa Slezak: The ≪Learning Society≫ in Poland ? Jaroslav Kalous: Conceptualisation of the Learning Society in the Czech and Slovak Republics ? Anna Muraveva: Towards a Learning Society: The Russian Experience ? Daniel Schugurensky: The Learning Society in Canada and the US ? Andre Elias Mazawi: Globalization, Development, and Policies of Knowledge and Learning in the Arab States ? Catherine Casey: Towards a Learning Society: The New Zealand Experience ? Beverley Axford/Terri Seddon: The Idea of a Learning Society: An Australian Perspective ? Namchul Lee: The Lifelong Learning Society in Korea ? Yukiko Sawano: The Learning Society in Japan ? Meng HongWei: The Learning Society in China ?Kai-ming Cheng: Learning Society: The East-Asian Perspective ? Madhu Singh: Official Discourse and Challenges of Building a Learning Society in India ? Shirley Walters: Knowledge and the Learning Society in South African Debates ? Roseli Rodrigues de Mello/Paulo Eduardo Gomes Bento: Brazil: The Scientific Discourse about the Information Society ? Donatilla Ferrada: Conceptualisation of the ≪Learning Society≫ in South America: Official, Scientific and Civil Organization Discourses.