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Direct linkFisher, Pamela; Fisher, Roy – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2007
This paper contrasts two types of "autodidact" located in the UK in different historical periods, which utilised different learning/research technologies to different ends. From the 1920s to the 1960s some working-class activists committed to the Communist Party of Great Britain became "educated" in Marxism (and more) through…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education
Bullen, Elizabeth; Fahey, Johannah; Kenway, Jane – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2006
The knowledge economy is a dominant force in today's world, and innovation policy and national systems of innovation are central to it. In this article, we draw on different sociological and economic theories of risk to engage critically with innovation policy and national systems of innovation. Beck's understanding of a risk society, Schumpeter's…
Descriptors: Innovation, Information Technology, Risk, Policy Analysis
