Social Inclusion and Active Citizenship under the Prism of Neoliberalism: A Critical Analysis of the European Union's Discourse of Lifelong Learning

Autor/inn/en	Mikelatou, Angeliki; Arvanitis, Eugenia
Titel	Social Inclusion and Active Citizenship under the Prism of Neoliberalism: A Critical Analysis of the European Union's Discourse of Lifelong Learning
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (2018) 5, S.499-509 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mikelatou, Angeliki) ORCID (Arvanitis, Eugenia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2017.1382348
Schlagwörter	Inclusion; Neoliberalism; Citizenship; Criticism; Foreign Countries; Lifelong Learning; Employment Potential; Adjustment (to Environment); Personality Traits; Discourse Analysis; Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; Social Isolation; Knowledge Economy; Literature Reviews; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inklusion; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Staatsbürgerschaft; Kritik; Ausland; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Diskursanalyse; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Soziale Isolation; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft
Abstract	The aim of this article is to investigate the impact neoliberalism has in shaping the discourse of the European Union's policy of Lifelong Learning. The literature review initially presents the theoretical framework of neoliberalism as the dominant ideological and economic paradigm of our time. Thereafter, it takes a view on how neoliberalism perceives the four objectives of the European Union's Lifelong Learning policy, namely employability/adaptability, personal fulfillment, social inclusion, and active citizenship. Through the analysis of European Commission's policy documents on Lifelong Learning, this article explores whether these objectives, with focus on social inclusion and active citizenship, can be realized within the ideological, political, and economic framework set by the neoliberal paradigm. The data underwent Qualitative Analysis using the methods of Critical Discourse Analysis and Qualitative Content Analysis as well as Quantitative Analysis of textual data. The results indicate that only employability and adaptability seem to be compatible with the neoliberal rhetoric since the flexible and adaptable employee better serves the needs of the markets. The role neoliberalism holds for the individual is that of the consumer, product user, and voter. Therefore, the non-economic objectives of Lifelong Learning cannot be equally developed as they constitute the complete antithesis of neoliberalism's basic principles. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01