Lifelong Learning Policies for Young Adults in Europe : Navigating Between Knowledge and Economy

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This comprehensive collection discusses topical issues essential to both scholarship and policy making in the realm of lifelong learning (LLL) policies and how far they succeed in supporting young people across their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy. Examining specific yet diverse regional and local contexts across Europe, this book uses original research to evaluate differences in scope, approach, orientation, and objectives. It examines the embedding of LLL policies into the regional economy, the labour market, education and training systems and the individual life projects of young people, with a focus on those in situations of near social exclusion. Front cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Preface Introduction: Between knowledge and economy: lifelong learning policies for young adults in Europe Part I: Lifelong learning between knowledge and economy 1. Lifelong learning policies for young adults in Europe: a conceptual and methodological discussion 2. Coordinated policy-making in lifelong learning: functional regions as dynamic units 3. A social investment perspective on lifelong learning: the role of institutional complementarities in the development of human capital and social participation Part II: Lifelong learning supporting young adults 4. Young adults as a target group of lifelong learning policies 5. The effectiveness of lifelong learning policies on youth employment: do regional labour markets matter? 6. Governing the normalisation of young adults through lifelong learning policies 7. Tackling vulnerability through lifelong learning policies? 8. Are lifelong learning policies working for youth? Young people’s voices Part III: Young adults’ experiences of lifelong learning in the European Union 9. Assessing young adults’ living conditions across Europe using harmonised quantitative indicators: opportunities and risks for policy makers 10. The changing meanings of lifelong learning policies: consequences for young adults and their life courses 11. Telling the story: exploring lifelong learning policies for young adults through a narrative approach Conclusion: Navigating lifelong learning policies in Europe: impacting and supporting young adults’ life courses Index Back cover "Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This comprehensive collection discusses topical issues essential to both scholarship and policy making in the realm of lifelong learning (LLL) policies and how far they succeed in supporting young people across their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy. Examining specific yet diverse regional and local contexts across Europe, this book uses original research to evaluate differences in scope, approach, orientation, and objectives. It examines the embedding of LLL policies into the regional economy, the labour market, education and training systems and the individual life projects of young people, with a focus on those in situations of near social exclusion. " This comprehensive collection discusses topical issues that are essential to both scholarship and policy making in the realm of Lifelong Learning policies and how far they succeed in supporting young people across their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy