Student identity and political agency : activism, representation and consumer rights
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Student identity and political agency : activism, representation and consumer rights
(Research into higher education)
Routledge, 2024
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
- Looks at student identity and the marketisation of higher education from an international perspective
- Analyses contemporary student interests, including the need for better mental health provision, recent and ongoing political campaigns and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Brings together arguments about the changing nature of higher education and wider society to focus on how this is being negotiated at the level of student identity and agency.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Higher education for sale: Exploring marketisation and massification
- 2. From diversity to a (dis)satisfied student as consumer
- 3. Youth and studenthood in a market system
- 4. Student activism and protest
- 5. Student representation and unionism
- 6. Student complaints as consumer empowerment
- Conclusion
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