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In the past decade, the issue of community has become an important social and even political theme. Researchers and politicians share a concern about an observed loss of social cohesion. (.) Many authors dealing with the issue of social capital are rather pessimistic about present-day social developments and call for a renewal of the social fabric, often by looking back to (alleged) forms of association in the past. This position is shared by many European scholars who also consider processes of individualisation as one of the main causes of what they consider the breakdown of the social fabric. More recently this analysis is being complemented by a critical analysis of the challenges posed by multicultural society. The authors represent two sets of three papers in this volume. (DIPF/Orig.)

In exploring adult learning and education in connection with migration processes, questions pertaining to societies, individuals and educational institutions are posed. What educational potential is generated by migration for individuals and societies as a whole? What educational policies are developed by societies to deal with the challenge of migration? To what extent do researchers of adult and continuing education and learning study and discuss the phenomenon of migration and its consequences? (DIPF/Orig.)

W artykule zaprezentowane zostaną wyniki cząstkowe badań empirycznych przeprowadzonych w ramach projektu EMPLOY, z uwzględnieniem perspektywy hiszpańskich i polskich pracodawców, ich doświadczeń, oczekiwań i postrzegania absolwentów szkół wyższych. Prezentacja materiału empirycznego poprzedzona będzie zarysowaniem kontekstu polskiego i hiszpańskiego, nakreślającego perspektywę makro w odniesieniu do polityk i strategii wzmacniania zatrudnialności w Polsce i Hiszpanii oraz przeglądu badań w tym obszarze. ; This paper is based on the partial results of EMPLOY research project. We present the Polish and Spanish employers' perspectives, experiences and needs when it comes to the HE graduates. Before the empirical analyses we compare the political and cultural contexts of employability in both countries as also provide the review of the main Polish and Spanish research reports in this field.

This book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, starts from concern about increasing inequality worldwide and the re-emergence of community development in public policy debates. It argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development. It proposes that, without such an analysis, community development can simply mask the underlying causes of structural inequality. It may even exacerbate divisions between groups competing for dwindling public resources in the context of neoliberal globalisation. Reflecting on their own contexts, a wide range of contributors from across the global north and south explore how an understanding of social class can offer ways forward in the face of increasing social polarisation. The book considers class as a dynamic and contested concept and examines its application in policies and practices past and present. These include local/global and rural/urban alliances, community organising, ecology, gender and education