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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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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