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Direct linkMcLean, Scott – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Numerous scholars have documented and critiqued the predominance of neoliberal policies and rationalities shaping adult and continuing education around the world. Contemporary sociologists have argued that neoliberal citizens are characterized by hyperindividuality and a strong sense of personal autonomy. Self-help reading is widely viewed as one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Personal Autonomy, Interpersonal Relationship
