Research Catalog

Title

Graduate citizens? : issues of citizenship and higher education / John Ahier, John Beck and Rob Moore.

Author

Ahier, John.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Beck, John.
• Moore, Rob.

Description

vi, 200 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Following the introduction of student loans and tuition fees, the situation of students and new graduates has changed considerably. Set in this context, Graduate Citizens? is a thought-provoking and insightful look at the current generation of students' attitudes towards citizenship and matters of social and moral responsibility." "Drawing on small-scale case studies of students in two universities, the authors explore students' changing sense of citizenship against the backdrop of recent changes in higher education. It addresses students' approaches to being in debt, the role of their families in providing support and their attitudes towards careers. Questioning the claim that the current generation of students is politically apathetic, this book shows that they are in fact socially concerned, though distanced from official, mainstream politics. It investigates students' responses to such political and economic phenomena as globalisation and the ever-increasing promotion of market forces." "Graduate Citizens? illuminates and explores the links between reforms in higher education, student experience of university and issues of citizenship. It poses questions about the condition and future of citizenship in Britain and discusses the implications for citizenship education."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Citizenship > Study and teaching (Higher) > Great Britain
• Citizenship > Great Britain
• Education, Higher > Great Britain
• College students > Great Britain > Attitudes > Case studies
• Sociology
• Education
• Students
• Sociology
• students
• sociology
• Citizenship
• Citizenship > Study and teaching (Higher)
• College students > Attitudes
• Education, Higher
• Activité politique
• Attitude
• Citoyenneté
• Éducation civique
• Élève
• Enseignement supérieur
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-196) and index.

Contents

Introduction: citizenship and higher education in modern Britain -- Pt. I. Citizenship and higher education in modern Britain: some reflections. 1. Citizenship in Britain: models and identities. 2. Prospects for social national citizenship in the United Kingdom: imperilled but not impossible? 3. Citizenship and the restructuring of higher education -- Pt. II. Graduate citizens?: evidence and interpretation. 4. Citizenship themes in students' lives. 5. Citizenship, mutuality and civil society. 6. Conclusion: concerns, hopes and fears. App. Student profiles.

ISBN

• 0415257220
• 9780415257220
• 0415257239
• 9780415257237

OCLC

• ocm50748700
• 50748700
• SCSB-8912477

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library