Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Introduction; 1 International issues and themes in education for young adults; Part I: East and West; 2 A comparative comment on youth and development: political ideology and change; 3 Trends in youth education and development, East and West; 4 Continuing education and the young adult: the community college experience in the United States of America
5 Vocational preparation in the United Kingdom: policy trends in education and training for young adults6 Youth and higher education in the USSR; 7 European Economic Community: towards an employment, training and education policy for young and mature adults; Part II: North and South; 8 Youth needs: contextual variations and approaches to change; 9 Adjusting to adversity: education and national development in the 1990s; 10 Tirelo Setshaba: Botswana's national study service scheme; 11 Youth education and training in Chile
12 The Seychelles National Youth Service 1981-86: curriculum innovation, implementation and purification13 International perspectives on youth, development and education: a case study of China; Index