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Jubas, Kaela – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2011
This article discusses shopping, especially critical shopping, as a process of informal and incidental adult learning about the intersecting politics of globalization and consumption. The author uses academic skills and disciplines as a metaphor to respond to an emerging conceptual question: To what extent can formality, informality, and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Concept Formation, Informal Education, Figurative Language
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Barmaki, Reza – Journal of Youth Studies, 2010
Since the 1980s, Canadian legalized gambling has undergone a massive growth, resulting in numerous social problems such as crime, political corruption, and, most importantly, pathological gambling. When it comes to theorizing gambling in Canada, pathological gambling has been the centre of the attention for two related reasons: (1) the increasing…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Foreign Countries, Risk, Social Theories