New society models for a new millennium [electronic resource] : the learning society in Europe and beyond / Michael Kuhn, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

New society models for a new millennium : sketching the global discourses about a world vision/ Michael Kuhn -- Inside global learning societies- the "war of ideas" of the good world in the global battle of cultures / Michael Kuhn -- The learning society in Europe : Societies in "old" member states of the European Union -- Lifelong learning and the learning society : the evolution of concepts and research in the UK / John Field -- Knowledge economy, learning society, and lifelong learning : a review of the French literature / Philippe Méhaut -- "Learning society" and "knowledge society" : concepts and controversies in German discourses / Doris Weidemann -- A "blurred" object : the Italian discourses on the concept of the learning society / Paolo Ladri and Domenico Maddaloni -- Education for inclusion in the information society / Esther Oliver & Iolanda Tortajada -- Perspectives on the Finnish learning society / Jari Kolehmainen -- Lifelong learning and the learning society : trends and prospects in Europe / John Field --The learning society in Europe : societies in transition -- The "learning society" in Poland / Ewa Slezak -- Conceptualisation of the learning society in the Czech and Slovak republics / Jaroslav Kalous -- Towards a learning society : the Russian experience / Anna Muraveva -- The learning society beyond Europe -- The learning society in Canada and the US / Daniel Schugurensky -- Globalization, development, and policies of knowledge and learning in the Arab states / André Élias Mazawi -- Towards a learning society : the New Zealand experience / Catherine Casey -- The idea of a learning society : an Australian perspective / Beverley Axford and Terri Seddon -- The lifelong learning society in Korea / Namchul Lee -- The learning society in Japan / Yukiko Sawano -- The learning society in China / Meng HongWei -- Learning society : the East-Asian perspective / Kai-ming Cheng -- Official discourse and challenges of building a learning society in India / Madhu Singh -- Knowledge and the learning society in South African debates / Shirley Walters -- Brazil : the scientific discourse about the information society / Roseli Rodrigues de Mello & Paulo Eduardo Gomes Bento -- Conceptualisation of the "learning society" in South America : official, scientific and civil organization discourses / Donatilla Ferrada.

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