The Editors: Barry J. Hake is associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University. He is also founding secretary of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) since 1991.Bastiaan van Gent held the chair of Adult Education and Public Information at Leiden University from 1977 till 1998 and was head of the Department of Education at Leiden University for two years. He is now professor emeritus.József Katus was senior associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University until he took retirement in 2003. He is founding president of the European Society for Voluntary Associations (ESVA).

• Contents: Barry J. Hake: Introduction: Globalisation and transformations in the past and present of adult learning – Tom Steele: Scientific societies, European popular education and the public sphere – Barry J. Hake/Folke Glastra/Petra Schedler: Workers as travellers, migrants, and refugees: Border-crossings and the construction of proletarian public spheres in Europe before the Second World War – Robert Turner: The globalisation of the tutorial class movement and adult education in Scotland, 1907-1939 – Bastiaan van Gent: Lessons in unity: Cultural education and social cohesion – Franz Pöggeler: Globalisation through the transfer of adult education between cultures: Perspectives of past and present – Elke Theile: The ‘other globalisation’: Adult education as peace work – József Katus: Civil society’s cognitive practice: The Dutch census case from a globalisation perspective – Folke J. Glastra/Petra E. Schedler/Barry J. Hake: Transitional learning in the information society – Peter Jarvis: Lifelong learning and active citizenship in a global society: An analysis of the European Union’s lifelong learning policy – Tom Vanwing/Ton Notten: Functional, participatory and expressive ambitions: The dilemmas of Europe’s lifelong learning policy – Maria Bouverne-De Bie/An Piessens: Determining the needs for adult education in the context of globalisation – Renata Čepić/Jasna Krstović: Adult literacy and globalisation: Issues and challenges in adult education – Karl Pütz: Globalisation, rationalisation and structural change: Consequences for job-markets and employment in Europe – John J.W. Aitchison: Brak!: vision, mirage and reality in the post-apartheid globalisation of South African adult education and training – Anthony Cooke: From adult education to lifelong learning: Changing policy frameworks for adult education in Scotland, 1975-2002 – Larissa Jõgi: Adult education in Estonia: Developments and trends, 1991-2002 – Éva Farkas: Transformation of vocational education and training policy in Hungary.

The Editors: Barry J. Hake is associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University. He is also founding secretary of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) since 1991.Bastiaan van Gent held the chair of Adult Education and Public Information at Leiden University from 1977 till 1998 and was head of the Department of Education at Leiden University for two years. He is now professor emeritus.József Katus was senior associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University until he took retirement in 2003. He is founding president of the European Society for Voluntary Associations (ESVA).

• Contents: Barry J. Hake: Introduction: Globalisation and transformations in the past and present of adult learning – Tom Steele: Scientific societies, European popular education and the public sphere – Barry J. Hake/Folke Glastra/Petra Schedler: Workers as travellers, migrants, and refugees: Border-crossings and the construction of proletarian public spheres in Europe before the Second World War – Robert Turner: The globalisation of the tutorial class movement and adult education in Scotland, 1907-1939 – Bastiaan van Gent: Lessons in unity: Cultural education and social cohesion – Franz Pöggeler: Globalisation through the transfer of adult education between cultures: Perspectives of past and present – Elke Theile: The ‘other globalisation’: Adult education as peace work – József Katus: Civil society’s cognitive practice: The Dutch census case from a globalisation perspective – Folke J. Glastra/Petra E. Schedler/Barry J. Hake: Transitional learning in the information society – Peter Jarvis: Lifelong learning and active citizenship in a global society: An analysis of the European Union’s lifelong learning policy – Tom Vanwing/Ton Notten: Functional, participatory and expressive ambitions: The dilemmas of Europe’s lifelong learning policy – Maria Bouverne-De Bie/An Piessens: Determining the needs for adult education in the context of globalisation – Renata Čepić/Jasna Krstović: Adult literacy and globalisation: Issues and challenges in adult education – Karl Pütz: Globalisation, rationalisation and structural change: Consequences for job-markets and employment in Europe – John J.W. Aitchison: Brak!: vision, mirage and reality in the post-apartheid globalisation of South African adult education and training – Anthony Cooke: From adult education to lifelong learning: Changing policy frameworks for adult education in Scotland, 1975-2002 – Larissa Jõgi: Adult education in Estonia: Developments and trends, 1991-2002 – Éva Farkas: Transformation of vocational education and training policy in Hungary.

The Editors: Barry J. Hake is associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University. He is also founding secretary of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) since 1991.Bastiaan van Gent held the chair of Adult Education and Public Information at Leiden University from 1977 till 1998 and was head of the Department of Education at Leiden University for two years. He is now professor emeritus.József Katus was senior associate professor in the Centre for Learning in Organisations at Leiden University until he took retirement in 2003. He is founding president of the European Society for Voluntary Associations (ESVA).

• Contents: Barry J. Hake: Introduction: Globalisation and transformations in the past and present of adult learning – Tom Steele: Scientific societies, European popular education and the public sphere – Barry J. Hake/Folke Glastra/Petra Schedler: Workers as travellers, migrants, and refugees: Border-crossings and the construction of proletarian public spheres in Europe before the Second World War – Robert Turner: The globalisation of the tutorial class movement and adult education in Scotland, 1907-1939 – Bastiaan van Gent: Lessons in unity: Cultural education and social cohesion – Franz Pöggeler: Globalisation through the transfer of adult education between cultures: Perspectives of past and present – Elke Theile: The ‘other globalisation’: Adult education as peace work – József Katus: Civil society’s cognitive practice: The Dutch census case from a globalisation perspective – Folke J. Glastra/Petra E. Schedler/Barry J. Hake: Transitional learning in the information society – Peter Jarvis: Lifelong learning and active citizenship in a global society: An analysis of the European Union’s lifelong learning policy – Tom Vanwing/Ton Notten: Functional, participatory and expressive ambitions: The dilemmas of Europe’s lifelong learning policy – Maria Bouverne-De Bie/An Piessens: Determining the needs for adult education in the context of globalisation – Renata Čepić/Jasna Krstović: Adult literacy and globalisation: Issues and challenges in adult education – Karl Pütz: Globalisation, rationalisation and structural change: Consequences for job-markets and employment in Europe – John J.W. Aitchison: Brak!: vision, mirage and reality in the post-apartheid globalisation of South African adult education and training – Anthony Cooke: From adult education to lifelong learning: Changing policy frameworks for adult education in Scotland, 1975-2002 – Larissa Jõgi: Adult education in Estonia: Developments and trends, 1991-2002 – Éva Farkas: Transformation of vocational education and training policy in Hungary.