Informal Workers and a Political Economy of Lifelong Learning - 9783031724503

Name: Informal Workers and a Political Economy of Lifelong Learning - 9783031724503
Brand: Springer International Publishing AG

Springer International Publishing AG

Informal Workers and a Political Economy of Lifelong LearningProvocations from the Margins of Global Capitalism\nAuthor(s): Seth Brown, Peter Kelly, Scott K. Phillips\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031724503, 978-3031724503\nSynopsis\nThis book makes an innovative, sociologically informed contribution to academic and policy discussions about informal work, skills and training for lifelong learning (LLL) and the promise of decent work and just transitions for sustainable development. It does so with an explicit focus on challenges and opportunities as they shape informal economies and the experiences of informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The authors highlight historical and contemporary characteristics of informality in different regions from a political economy of LLL persp.