Liberalism all the way down? Multilevel discourse analysis of adult education for sustainable development policies

Košmerl, Tadej (author)

This paper analyses adult education for sustainable development policies, examining their dominant discursive orientations – neoliberal, liberal, and critical – across global, EU, and national levels. Focusing on Slovenia and its transnational policy influences in this field, it highlights a prevalent interplay of liberal and neoliberal discursive orientations alongside a comparatively limited presence of critical discourse. At the global level, the United Nations’ influence emphasises liberal discourse aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while the European Union policies exhibit a predominant neoliberal discourse, further solidified at the national level, particularly in more recent Slovenian policies. A prevalent interplay of neoliberal and liberal discourses characterises Slovenian adult education for sustainable development policies, reflecting the substantial influence of transnational actors.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sustainable development, adult education, education policies, sustainable development goals
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication date: 01.01.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 261-279
• Numbering: Vol. 15, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164302
• UDC: 374.7
• ISSN on article: 2000-7426
• DOI: 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5167
• COBISS.SI-ID: 212259075
• Publication date in RUL: 21.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: European journal for research on the education and learning of adults
• Publisher: Linköping University
• ISSN: 2000-7426
• COBISS.SI-ID: 50135650

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: trajnostni razvoj, izobraževalna politika, andragogika