The misuses of sustainability: adult education, citizenship and the dead hand of neoliberalism

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The misuses of sustainability: adult education, citizenship and the dead hand of neoliberalism

‘‘Sustainability’’ has a captivating but disingenuous simplicity: its meanings are complex, and have political and policy significance. Exploring the application of the term to adult education, this paper argues that a particular discourse of ‘‘sustainability’’ has become a common-sense, short-circu...

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Main Author:	Holford, John
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer 2016
Subjects:	Adult education; sustainability; citizenship; 20th century; history of adult education
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37154/

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