Based on data gathered for the Learning Lives project, which sought to understand learning by questioning individuals about their life histories, this book defines a fresh learning theory, based on the life-story narrative.

This accessible and timely book builds upon and contributes to ongoing debates surrounding professionalism in the early years workforce.

This work examines how national foreign policies in the EU affect common EU positions in international politics. It addresses how national foreign policies affect EU positions in international politics, and how these same national foreign policies are 'Europeanized' into more convergent, coordinated policies.

This volume explores the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner to the alternative paradigms of Geertz and Smith.