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When asked for a selection of useful and sustainable investments, most people would probably have education on their list. Education is widely acknowledged as a precious good, intended to serve individual and collective progress. Much has been done by individuals, communities and governments to deliver their fellow citizens a good education. But while, most of the time, schooling was seen as the appropriate means to realize educational goals, this book shows how political interest in citizens’ education has continuously expanded over recent decades, resulting in a global discussion on lifelong learning processes. Governments and international organizations, as we can see in this book, have never been more concerned about learning processes of individuals than they are today.
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© 2009 Anja P. Jakobi
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Jakobi, A.P. (2009). Introduction: The Global Interest in Education Policy. In: International Organizations and Lifelong Learning. Transformations of the State. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230245679_1
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