TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PERMISSION TO USE
• ABSTRACT
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• DEDICATION
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• List of Figures and List of Tables
• List of Acronyms and Glossary of Swedish Terms and Acronyms
• Chapter One - LITERACY: A PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE
  • The Global Context
  • The Question
  • Stating the Problem
  • Significance of the Study
  • Conceptual Framework
  • Scope of the Study
  • Assumptions
  • Context for the Study
  • Definitions
  • Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter Two - ADULT LITERACY PAST AND PRESENT
  • Lifelong and Lifewide Learning
  • What is Literacy?
    • Autonomous Literacy
      • Historical definitions
      • Basic literacy
      • Functional literacy
      • Human capital literacy
    • Ideological Literacy
      • Critical or emancipatory literacy
  • Measuring Literacy
    • The International Adult Literacy Survey
      • A critical understanding of IALS