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However, there is still a lack of knowledge on how a “successful” coordination of actor-relationships can actually be achieved. This paper offers some clues to answering the question by outlining basic characteristics of social networks with reference to a recent case study from Germany.  \nIntroduction  \nAccording to a widely known definition by Mitchell (1969, 2), a social network is “a specific set of linkages among a defined set of actors, with the additional property that the characteristics of these linkages as a whole may be used to interpret the social behaviour of the actors involved.”  \nSince the 2000s, the EU’s education policy has made efforts to promote network type structures that facilitate partnerships between institutions or corporate actors (Scharpf, 1997) engaged in the field of lifelong learning (EU Commission, 2000). The idea behind this initiative is that promoting lifelong learning requires nor only the efforts of single actors, but coordinated action (Field, 2000) . Defining and implementing networks enhancing multilateral relationships between the relevant actors has been identified as an appropriate strategy. Networks are therefore assumed as “manageable” in the sense that the relationships between the actors involved can be coordinated purposefully – this, for example, with a view to objectives such as widening access and developing innovative education and learning opportunities.  \nNetworks have also gained attention from practitioners in adult and community education on an on-going basis during the last decade, although the focus of attention has been somewhat different. While in education policy discourse, networks and partnerships are often linked to the expectation of engaging key actors in the delivery of lifelong learning policy goals (Field, 2008, 41), practitioners in the field of adult and community education appreciate networks more in relation to their actual development needs. Here, networks are often seen as “vehicles” to improve mutual recognition and support and lobbying issues related to adult education and community education, especially in relation to decreasing levels of public funding. The Irish Community Education Network (AONTAS, 2011) may serve as an illustrative example in this context.  \nThe expectations associated with adult education networks are all qualified, as they refer to research findings which provide evidence on the role of networks in the context of educational governance and co-ordination of relevant actors in lifelong learning (Field, 2005) . On the other hand, there is evidence that networks do not operate automatically in a desirable way, as they represent complex social relationships with a high potential for conflict. Lyn Tett, Jim Crowther, and Paul O’Hara (2003, 40), for example, point out a number of pitfalls emerging in adult education networks, including diverging motives for participating, diverging conceptions of work and collaboration, fears regarding possible restrictions on participants’ autonomy, necessary concessions regarding the collaboration with non-preferred partners, opportunistic attitudes among actors, and so on. Last but not least, the education policy focus on networks and the public funding that goes with it involves the risk of actors making the creation and development of networks a business in itself, in order tobe able to secure public funding (Field, 2008, 43) .  \nAll of this suggests that successful networks in terms of enabling actors to collaborate effectively are more of a positive exception than the rule. This leads us to the question in relation to which social ","cbCaiiEzdlbiWXwx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiEzdlbiWXwx","pdf",207091,13,"English","# Introduction\n## Social Networks Definition and Policy Context\n## Expectations and Pitfalls in Adult Education Networks\n# Basic Characteristics of Networks\n## Networks as Social Capital","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the paper address about adult education networks?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the lack of knowledge about how successful coordination of actor relationships in adult and community education networks can actually be achieved.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper define a social network?\",\"answer\":\"Using Mitchell’s definition, a social network is a specific set of linkages among a defined set of actors, whose linkage characteristics can be used to interpret social behavior.\"},{\"question\":\"Why don’t networks automatically lead to desirable outcomes?\",\"answer\":\"Because networks are complex social relationships with high conflict potential, including diverging motives, different conceptions of collaboration, fears about autonomy, and opportunistic behavior among actors.\"}]","Social Dynamics in Adult and Community Education Networks - Insights from a Case Study | PDF",1792065172,33]