Introduction

PART I: BACKGROUND

1. Adult Lifelong Learning Participation Definitions and Contexts

2. Trends and Barriers in Adult Lifelong Learning Participation

PART II: THE CONTRIBUTION OF DISCIPLINES TO AN INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORY

3. Lifelong Learning Participation The Behavioural Perspective

4. Lifelong Learning Participation The Micro Sociological Perspective

5. Lifelong Learning Participation Institutional Barriers

6. Lifelong Learning Participation Country Level Determinants

7. Lifelong Learning Participation The Need for Integration

PART III ADVANCING RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

8. Measuring Adult Lifelong Learning Participation

9. Implications for Policy, Practice and Research