I'm happy to announce that the autumn issue of RELA has just been published. The theme of the issue is: Marketization and commodification of adult education. The issue is featured below and attached and is also available at: www.rela.ep.liu.se/contents.asp?doi=10.3384/rela.2000-7426.201672

Please also note current calls for papers at: http://www.rela.ep.liu.se/call_for_papers.asp

Contents

Editorial: marketization and commodification of adult education

Andreas Fejes and Henning Salling Olesen

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 146-150 - fulltext

Thematic Papers

Marketising Slovene adult education policies and practices using mechanisms of the Europeanisation of education

Borut Mikulec and Sabina Jelenc Krašovec

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 151-170 - fulltext

Regulatory governance of ‘training markets’, ‘market failure’, and ‘quasi’ markets: historical dimensions of the post-initial training market in The Netherlands

Barry Hake

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 171-189 - fulltext

When theories become practice - a metaphorical analysis of adult-education school-leaders’ talk

Cecilia Bjursell

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 191-205 - fulltext

The interaction of economic and pedagogical ideals in the context of workplace learning in Germany: a framework for empirical research – inspired by business ethics

Tina Röbel

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 207-221 - fulltext

The murky waters of neoliberal marketization and commodification on the education of adults in the United States

Jeff Zacharakis and Jessica Holloway

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 223-236 - fulltext

Open Papers

Mind the gap! An exploration of the role of lifelong learning in promoting co-production and citizenship within social care for older people

Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Marvin Formosa

European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 2016 7(2): 237-254 - fulltext

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