{"product_id":"9781118693063","title":"Adult Education and Learning in a Precarious Age: The Hamburg Declaration Revisited: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 138","description":"\u003cp\u003eUNESCO’s 1997 CONFINTEA V conference in Hamburg has been described as the high-water mark of international adult education policy-making. It produced one of the most utopian statements about adult education and learning of the past 25 years: the Hamburg Declaration on Adult Learning and Agenda for the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdult education was declared key to the twenty-first century in order to build “a world in which violent conflict is replaced by dialogue, a culture of peace based on justice . . . and the creation of a learning society committed to social justice and general well-being.” However, the Declaration also recognized that there were many practical challenges to its implementation as profound changes were occurring in social, economic, environmental, and political spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, North American and international scholars critically assess how far the visionary statements of the Hamburg Declaration have been advanced and implemented. They:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReview the recent development of the 10 themes of the Agenda for the Future\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplore their local and global achievements through considering the results of the 2009 CONFINTEA VI conference and other related policy developments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutline what is still necessary to realize the Declaration’s goals.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is 138th volume of this quarterly report series. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and continuing education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036764979440,"sku":"9781118693063","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781118693063_p0.jpg?v=1763695038","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781118693063","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}