{"product_id":"9781350476622","title":"Lifelong Learning and the Production of Neurotic Citizens","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLifelong Learning and the Production of Neurotic Citizens\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHeikki Kinnari | Hanna Laalo | Heikki Silvennoinen | Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Adult \u0026amp; Continuing Education\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this open access book, the authors argue that the policies, practices and politics of lifelong learning result in a range of unintended – and often unwanted – consequences.\u003c\/b\u003e It demonstrates that while the multiple promises of lifelong learning remain unfulfilled, the policy discourses of lifelong learning embody a particular view of the subject (the citizen), who is invariably the object of its attention. The book interrogates the kind of subject the policy discourses seek to cultivate and shows how this subject is aptly characterised as neurotic. Based on the analytical examination of a great deal of empirical data collected in Finland, which is often regarded as the poster child of educational reform towards a knowledge economy, the book offers novel insights into lifelong learning by analysing its unintended consequences, such as feelings of inadequacy, difficulties in coping, anxieties and unfulfilled promises generated by the political demands for continuous self-development. It addresses the structures and mechanisms as well as the cultural presuppositions that result in those unintended consequences. The book contains critical social and cultural analyses that examine the unintended consequences of lifelong learning from macro, meso and micro perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCC BY-NC-ND 4.0\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eResearch Council of Finland.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeikki Kinnari\u003c\/b\u003e is a university lecturer in the sociology of education at the University of Helsinki. His research interests include the politics of lifelong learning, governmentality in education and the politics of education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHanna Laalo\u003c\/b\u003e works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education (CELE) at the University of Turku. She specialises in educational discourses and entrepreneurial governmentality in education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeikki Silvennoinen\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of the sociology of education at the Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education (CELE) at the University of Turku. His areas of expertise include selection in education and the labour market, the connections between education and social class, policies, discourses and practices of lifelong learning, the evaluation of education, and education policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlpukka Isopahkala-Bouret\u003c\/b\u003e works as a professor at the Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning and Education (CELE) at the University of Turku. Her research interests include equality in and through education, access to higher education, graduate employability, educational credentialing, and lifelong learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350476622\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099413405836,"sku":"9781350476622","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f5e3a648-24cf-4582-ac2e-eed7b3e2d05f.jpg?v=1790133309","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350476622","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}