The purpose of this paper is to examine how adult education institutions have developed in close connection with the Danish welfare state and how structural reforms since the 1990s have changed the institutional structure and impacted accessibility. This involves analyses of the main functions linked to the different types of adult education institutions (VUCs) in Denmark and their development in relation to welfare state policies in the first instance and to globalization and competition state policies in the second. Thus, the paper provides a historical outline of the development of adult education institutions in two main areas, a vocational and a general, followed by an analysis of selected policy documents on structural reforms. Focusing on the reforms of 2000, 2007, and 2018, the analysis identifies external and internal limitations to accessing general adult education. In conclusion, the market orientation of the VUC entails limitations to both external and internal accessibility.

本文的目的是研究成人教育机构如何与丹麦福利国家密切相关，以及自 1990 年代以来的结构改革如何改变机构结构并影响可及性。这首先涉及分析与丹麦不同类型的成人教育机构 (VUC) 相关的主要功能及其发展，首先涉及福利国家政策，其次涉及全球化和竞争国家政策。因此，本文提供了成人教育机构在职业和一般两个主要领域发展的历史概况，然后分析了有关结构性改革的选定政策文件。围绕2000年、2007年和2018年的改革，分析确定了获得普通成人教育的外部和内部限制。总之，VUC 的市场导向需要对外部和内部可访问性进行限制。