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This book contains the following papers about development/delivery of adult education through the efforts of multinational and bilateral government donors and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE): "Preface" (Beverly Benner Cassara); "Introduction: Adult Education and Democracy" (Francisco Vio Grossi); "Adult Education and the Changing Role of UNESCO and of the UN Organizations" (Paul Belanger); "Adult Education and the World Bank" (John B. Holden, James R. Dorland); "Towards a New North-South Internationalism: Adult Education and the Voluntary Sector" (Lawrence S. Cumming); "The Political Economy of Nongovernment Organizations" (Paul Wangoola); "Canada: Official Development Assistance and Human Resource Development" (Jack D. McNie, Daniel C. Andreae); "Germany: International Cooperation in Adult Education--the DVV's [Department for International Cooperation's] Professional Partnership and Solidarity" (Heribert Hinzen); "Japan: Cooperation in Adult Education in Developing Countries" (Ken Motoki, Yasumasa Hirasawa); "Sweden: Adult Education for Democracy" (Gunnar Rydstrom); "The Netherlands: Dutch Viewpoints on Adult Education in Developing Countries" (Kees P. Epskamp); "The United States: Adult Education within the Foreign Aid Program" (John P. Comings); "Building a Global Learning Network: The International Council for Adult Education" (Budd L. Hall); "Adult Education for Peace" (Helena Kekkonen); "Learning for Environmental Action: Building International Consensus" (Darlene E. Clover); "History and Development of the ICAE Literacy Program" (Patricia Rodney); "Women's Education: Challenges to the Adult Education Movement" (Patricia Ellis); and "Coming of Age" (Ana Maria Quiroz). (MN)

In this book adult educators and policymakers focus on the dimensions of the problem of multicultural education in the United States and innovative approaches to multicultural education practice and research. The introduction by Beverly Benner Cassara is followed by 12 essays: "Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, and Multicultural Education" (Young Pai); "Multiculturalism in Education: The Importance of Meaning" (Charles A. Tesconi, Jr.); "Linguistic Minorities and Adult Education in the United States" (C. Ray Graham, Peter S. Cookson); "More than the Three 'R's': The Development of Black Adult Education in Manhattan" (Charlotte T. Morgan); "Adult Education and the American Indian" (John W. Tippeconnic, III); "The Education of Hispanic Adults: Pedagogical Strands and Cultural Meanings" (Martha Montero-Sieburth); "Asian Pacific Americans and Adult Education: The Social and Political Resocialization of a Diverse Immigrant and Refugee Population" (Don T. Nakanishi); "Education as a Social Agent: One University's Answer to a Multiethnic Graduate Adult Population" (Philip T. K. Daniel, Vesta A. H. Daniel); "Experiencing the Unfamiliar: Matrix for Learning" (Thelma Barer-Stein); "The Use of a Negotiated Approach in Health Care: University-Community Group Interaction" (Joan S. Reeves); "The Dynamics of Hosting an International Exchange Student" (Kimberly Miller, Cornelius Grove, Bettina Hansel); and "The Hispanic Adult Learner in a Rural Community College" (Rene Diaz-Lefebvre). Eleven tables/figures and a subject index are included. (MN)