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Europe: Comparing Lifelong Learning Systems

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Verdier reviews the various comparative approaches to vocational training and lifelong learning, notably in terms of ‘Varieties of Capitalism’. The typologies that they provide confirm that there is no convergence of national lifelong learning systems, despite the growing influence of the recommendations of transnational agencies. But these typologies struggle to account for the transformations the national systems undergo in the course of time. For this reason, the chapter puts forward an approach in terms of public policy regimes that is able to account for the societal dynamics of European lifelong learning systems.

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    Éric Verdier

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    John Holford

  4. Department of Education and Childhood, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom

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  5. Department of Politics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

    Peter Jarvis

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Verdier, É. (2018). Europe: Comparing Lifelong Learning Systems. In: Milana, M., Webb, S., Holford, J., Waller, R., Jarvis, P. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55783-4_24

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