This book explores community education in Ireland and argues that neoliberalism has had a profound effect on community education. Rather than retain its foundational characteristics of collective, equality-led principles and practices, community education has lost much of its independence and has been reshaped into spaces characterised by labour-market activation, vocationalisation and marketisation. These changes have often, though not always, run contrary to the wishes of those involved in community education creating enormous tensions for practitioners, course providers and participants.

Explores the impact of neoliberalisation on community education Argues that community education has been negatively reshaped by forces of labour-market activation, vocationalisation and marketisation Sets out an in-depth study of community education practices and policies in Ireland

Autorentext
Camilla Fitzsimons is Lecturer in Adult and Community Education at Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland. She began working as a community educator in the 1990s and has worked with many groups including women's groups, intercultural groups, housing rights groups and community development and Leadership groups.

Inhalt
Introduction: Community Education in Neoliberal Times.- PART I. Community Education, Philosophies and Practices.- Chapter 1. Models of Community Education.- Chapter 2. Community Education in Ireland.- Chapter 3. Critical Education and Community Education.- PART II. The Neoliberalisation of Community Education.- Chapter 4. Community Education and Employability.- Chapter 5. Community Education and Accreditation.- Chapter 6. Insiders, Outsiders and the Professionalisation of Community Education.- Chapter 7. Re-Kindling Community Education in Neoliberal Times.