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This chapter explores some of the impacts which the process of the intensification of globalisation is having on the adult education field in Europe. While the authors look at the European field in its larger context, they provide special emphasis on southern Europe for three reasons: (1) this is the region in which they live and operate as academics and practitioners in adult education; (2) it does not feature regularly in the English-language adult education literature; and (3) it is facing, because of its proximity to the shores of North Africa, a specific situation – massive immigration from North and sub-Saharan Africa – which, they argue, is relevant to and needs to be addressed in the adult education field.
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Borg, C., Mayo, P. (2013). Globalisation, Southern Europe and European Adult Education Policy. In: Mayo, P. (eds) Learning with Adults. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-335-5_28
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