Lifelong learning: Between humanism and global capitalism

The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 411-422

  Rubenson, Kjell ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Higher Education and Training   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85101153693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203870549-50     Document Type: Chapter

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