Abstract
Recent years have witnessed an increasing scholarly interest in the study of education, training, and skill formation from a comparative political economy perspective. The purpose of this article is to contribute to the emerging field of the political economy of adult learning systems, which seeks to understand the causes and consequences of cross-national diversity in adult learning systems. The article introduces this interdisciplinary research strand by reviewing recent work and different typologies that have emerged out of the field of comparative economics and comparative politics, which are relevant to the study of adult learning systems. The empirical evidence on cross-national patterns of organized adult learning drawn on PIAAC data suggests that existing typologies are insufficient to explain the cross-national patterns. The article discusses some specific institutional features that promote adult learning participation and points out conditions and policies that support effective adult learning systems.
Highlights
The term “political economy” is often associated with economic processes and socio-political conditions under which production is organized within nation states
A full review of the relevant literature goes beyond the scope of this article, which is why we focus on typologies that have emerged out of the field of comparative politics and comparative economics that are applied more directly to the educational sciences, including comparative education, whereby education, training, adult learning and skills have been the focal points
This article provides an overview of the state of art in the study of adult learning systems from a political economy perspective
Summary
The term “political economy” is often associated with economic processes and socio-political conditions under which production is organized within nation states. The origins of the term can be traced back to the works of Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Karl Marx who are regarded as some of the most important forbearers of political economy Today, it has been adopted in a variety of disciplines and fields when studying the linkages and interactions between politics and the formation, organisation, and functioning of economic and social institutions. A full review of the relevant literature goes beyond the scope of this article, which is why we focus on typologies that have emerged out of the field of comparative politics and comparative economics that are applied more directly to the educational sciences, including comparative education, whereby education, training, adult learning and skills have been the focal points. Multi-disciplinary scholarship contributing to the political economy of adult learning systems
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