@article{14da8c5aa183454bb604afc04beb733b,
title = "Converging forces: social movements and the origins of permanent education policy in francophone Belgium",
abstract = "This article looks at how social movements in francophone Belgium shaped the institutional contours of adult education {\textquoteleft}from below{\textquoteright}. It focuses on the integral role played by progressive social movements in the creation of a regional state-based system of adult education in 1976, known as the Service de l{\textquoteright}{\'E}ducation Permanente (SdEP). Blending historical and sociological methods, it is shown that the SdEP emerged when a movement-based legacy of popular education initially forged as an extension of the labour movement in the francophone community during the late nineteenth century converged with new sets of movement-based actors and ideas emanating from a contentious wave of youth- and student-led protest around 1968. Additional insight is also given into a series of political processes that empowered the efforts of social movement actors working in the field of adult education: regionalisation and Europeanisation.",
keywords = "Adult education, education policy, popular education, social movements, Belgium, ADULT-EDUCATION, POPULAR-EDUCATION",
author = "Heidemann, {Kai A.} and {Del Hierro}, Pablo",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the material support provided through the fundamental research grant programme at {\textquoteleft}Studio Europa Maastricht{\textquoteright} ( https://studioeuropamaastricht.nl ), which made it possible to carry out this collaborative research. Thanks are also offered to the anonymous reviewers for their very thoughtful and constructive comments on the original draft of this article. The authors also thank Mathieu Marienbach (University College Maastricht) for providing assistance during the early stages of research. Tremendous gratitude is further extended to the Institut d{\textquoteright}Histoire Ouvri{\`e}re, {\'E}conomique et Sociale ( https://www.ihoes.be ) in Jemeppe-Sur-Meuse for granting the researchers periodic access to their wonderfully rich and unique archive. Finally, the authors are indebted to Anne-Marie Andrusyszyn, Jean-Pol Barras, Luc Carton, Dawinka Laureys, Georges Li{\'e}nard, Jean-Pierre Nossent and Pierre Verjans for their insights, time and willingness to speak with them at various stages of the research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/0046760X.2022.2097741",
language = "English",
volume = "52",
pages = "32--55",
journal = "History of Education",
issn = "0046-760X",
publisher = "Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group",
number = "1",
}