At a time when the importance of lifelong education is becoming recognised around the world, this is the first book to explore an important but hitherto neglected area: adult mathematics education. This book is about adults learning mathematics wherever and in whatever circumstances they do so. It brings together researchers in the field and aims to lay the foundations for study and further research and practice in this fast-developing area. It aims to situate research and practice in adults learning mathematics within the wider field of lifelong learning and lifelong education and to be...

This book examines the ideas of two heroes of adult education, Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Friere, gauging their significance for the development of a radical politics of adult education in the post-Soviet, post-Apartheid new world order.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.