Table of Contents -- Introduction 9 -- A. Comparative Adult Education: Developments and Potentials -- Comparative Adult Education: Arguments, Typology, Difficulties 19 -- The Multifaceted Field of Comparative Education: Evolution, Themes, Actors, and Applications 33 -- Reflections on Background of Comparative Adult Education. A personal account 45 -- Networking and Intercultural Communication: Postmodern Challenges for International Comparative Adult Education 55 -- Obstacles and Pitfalls. Inherent and Self-styled Dangers in Comparative Studies 65 -- B. Culture as Challenge: Experiences from the Field -- Lessons Learned from European Projects: Generality Versus Particularity 83 -- International Projects and Comparative Adult Education: The Example of EBiS 91 -- Teaching Chinese Adults the Western Way: A Cross-Cultural Challenge 103 -- Three Cultures of Teaching and Learning: Dialoguing across Continents 115 -- Opportunities and Pitfalls in International Cooperation. Lessons Learned in the Cooperative Development of Lifelong Learning Strategies of an US and South African University 127 -- C. Comparative Studies: Examples from the Field -- Lifelong Learning - a Challenge for Higher Education: A Comparative Study of a German and an Armenian University 143 -- Contemporary Jewish Adult Education in Germany, Israel and the United States 157 -- Comparative Policy Analysis and Lifelong Learning Narratives: The "Employability Agenda" from a Life-Course Perspective 167 -- Mechanics' Institutes in the United Kingdom, North America and Australasia: A Comparative Perspective 179 -- A Comparative Review of Lifelong Learning in Traditional African and Native American Indigenous Education 191.

The Changing Relations Between Civil Society, State and Market in the Nordic Popular Adult Education. A Comparative Investigation of Trends in Denmark, Sweden and Norway 203 -- The Role of History in Self-descriptions of National Organizations of Adult Education - a Closer Look at the Websites of WEA, Znanie, VOV and DVV 215 -- Analysis of the Possibilities and Conditions for Lifelong Learning in the Minority Languages of the EU 227 -- D. International Organizations in Comparative/ International Education -- Professional Bodies in Comparative Education: A Perspective from the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) 239 -- ICAE - International Council of Adult Education 247 -- UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Promoting Literacy, Non-formal Education, and Adult and Lifelong Learning 251 -- dvv-international: Role and Function of the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association 255 -- NIACE - The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, UK 261 -- The European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) 267 -- E. Appendix: -- Internet-Addresses in International Comparative Adult Education 275 -- Participants of the St. Louis Conference, 2002 277 -- Participants of the Bamberg Conference, 2006 279 -- Table of Contents "Comparative Adult Education 1998" 281.