Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Part One: Perspectives; 1 Adult education and the sociology of education: an exploration; 2 Adult education: an ideology of individualism; 3 The theory of community education and its relation to adult education; 4 Adult education and the disadvantaged; 5 Independence and incorporation: the Labour College movement and the Workers' Educational Association before the Second World War; Part Two: Selected studies
6 Reform and reaction -- the Workers' Educational Association post-Russell7 Writers' workshops and working-class culture; 8 Adult education and community action; 9 Second Chance to Learn, Liverpool; class and adult education; 10 150 Hours: Italy's experiment in mass working-class adult education; 11 Adult education for a change; Notes and references; Index