Chapter 1 Adult Education in Austere Times: An Introduction

Chapter 2 Being an Adult Learner in Europe and the UK: Persisting Inequalities and the Role of the Welfare State

Chapter 3 The Message or the Bottle? Community, Associationism and Adult Learning as “Part of the Process of Social Change”

Chapter 4 Keeping Going in Austere Times: The Declining Spaces for Adult Widening Participation in Higher Education in England

Chapter 5 Mature Students and Social Isolation: Being Excluded or Choosing to Be Alone?

Chapter 6 Subjects in Formation: Women’s Experiences of Access to Higher Education Courses and Entering Higher Education

Chapter 7 Further Educations: Transformative Teaching and Learning for Adults in Times of Austerity

Chapter 8 Adult Education in Community Organisations Supporting Homeless Adults: Exploring the Impact of Austerity Politics

Chapter 9 Conclusions and Recommendations