CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Widely published in Mexico and Latin America, he is the author or editor of twelve previous works in Spanish as well as numerous articles, reviews, and papers. A forthcomingbook, with Daniel A. Morales-Gomez in English, is entitled The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (New York: Praeger, 1990).

• Foreword: How We Should Study Adult Education Preface: A Political Sociology of Education in Latin America Paradigms of Nonformal Education The State, Educational Policy, and the Popular Sectors in Latin America The Political Economy of Adult Education in Latin America National Policies of Adult Education in Mexico, 1976-1988 Adult Education and the Transition to Socialism in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Grenada Toward a Political Sociology of Nonformal Education: An Agenda for Research on Adult Education Policymaking Adult Education Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Theoeretical-Methodological Perspectives The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America: Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Widely published in Mexico and Latin America, he is the author or editor of twelve previous works in Spanish as well as numerous articles, reviews, and papers. A forthcomingbook, with Daniel A. Morales-Gomez in English, is entitled The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (New York: Praeger, 1990).

• Foreword: How We Should Study Adult Education Preface: A Political Sociology of Education in Latin America Paradigms of Nonformal Education The State, Educational Policy, and the Popular Sectors in Latin America The Political Economy of Adult Education in Latin America National Policies of Adult Education in Mexico, 1976-1988 Adult Education and the Transition to Socialism in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Grenada Toward a Political Sociology of Nonformal Education: An Agenda for Research on Adult Education Policymaking Adult Education Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Theoeretical-Methodological Perspectives The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America: Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Widely published in Mexico and Latin America, he is the author or editor of twelve previous works in Spanish as well as numerous articles, reviews, and papers. A forthcomingbook, with Daniel A. Morales-Gomez in English, is entitled The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (New York: Praeger, 1990).

• Foreword: How We Should Study Adult Education Preface: A Political Sociology of Education in Latin America Paradigms of Nonformal Education The State, Educational Policy, and the Popular Sectors in Latin America The Political Economy of Adult Education in Latin America National Policies of Adult Education in Mexico, 1976-1988 Adult Education and the Transition to Socialism in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Grenada Toward a Political Sociology of Nonformal Education: An Agenda for Research on Adult Education Policymaking Adult Education Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Theoeretical-Methodological Perspectives The Politics of Nonformal Education in Latin America: Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index