This book contains 30 papers providing international perspectives on lifelong learning. The following papers are included: "Edgar Faure after 25 Years" (Roger Boshier); "Public Rhetoric and Public Policy" (Colin Griffin); "Lifelong Learning and the European Union" (Barry J. Hake); "Critical Perspectives and New Beginnings" (Michael Collins); "Paradoxes of the Learning Society" (Peter Jarvis); "Persuasive Discourses: Learning and the Production of Working Subjects in a Post-Industrial Era" (Elaine Butler); "Lifelong Learning for Social Responsibility" (Theo Jansen, Matthias Finger, Danny Wildemeersch); "Lifelong Learning through the Habermasian Lens" (Brian Connelly); "From Apartheid Education to Lifelong Learning" (Bobby Soobrayan); "Lifelong Learning: A Cure for Unemployment?" (Marion Sporing); "Schools Run by Social Forces" (Xiao Fang); "'Through-Life' Perspectives and Continuing Education in Hong Kong" (John Holford); "Demands and Possibilities for Lifelong Learning in a Market-Oriented Society" (Jukka Tuomisto); "Market-Oriented Policies and the Learning Society" (Michael Law); "An Analysis of Lifelong Learning Policy in Japan" (Hiromi Sasai); "Can User Choice Contribute to Lifelong Learning? Implications of the Australian Experience" (Fran Ferrier); "A Market for Lifelong Learning? The Voucher Experience in the City of London" (Peter Jarvis, Colin Griffin, John Holford); "How Can University Work-based Courses Contribute to Lifelong Learning?" (David Boud); "What Would Lifelong Education Look Like in a Workplace Setting?" (Paul Hagert, David Becket);"Towards the Learning Society" (Aureliana Alberici); "Sentencing Learners to Life" (Cliff Falk); "The Role of the Public Library in Lifelong Learning" (Matthew J. Williamson, Margaret K. Wallis); "Beyond the Threshold" (Paul Tosey, John Nugent); "Creating Contingency Workers" (Fred M. Schied, Sharon L. Howell, Vicki K. Carter, Judith A. Preston); "Consultative and Learning Approaches in the Context of Organizational Process Innovations" (Annikki Jarvinen); "Promoting Learning Networks for Small Business" (Sue Kilpatrick); "The Liberal Instrument" (Evan Alderson, Mark Selman); "Teaching/Learning and Decision-Making" (Del Loewenthal, Robert Snell); "Lifelong Learning: The Path to Lifelong Liabilities for Women?" (Venitha Pillay); and "Education of Employees and Business Social Responsibility" (Janko Berlogar). (MN)