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OverviewWhat role should students take in shaping their education, their university, and the wider society? These questions have assumed new importance in recent years as universities are reformed to become more competitive in the global knowledge economy. With Denmark as the prism, this book shows how negotiations over student participation - influenced by demands for efficiency, flexibility, and student-centered education - reflect broader concerns about democracy and citizen participation in increasingly neoliberalised states. Combining anthropological and historical research, Gritt B. Nielsen develops a novel approach to the study of policy processes and opens a timely discussion about the kinds of future citizens who will emerge from current reforms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gritt B. NielsenPublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 27 ISBN: 9781782387718ISBN 10: 1782387714 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 01 July 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: TRAJECTORIES AND MAPPINGS Chapter 1. Studying Participation as/through Figuration Work Chapter 2. University Reform in Denmark: Negotiating Participation and Democracy Chapter 3. A History of Student Participation in Denmark PART II: EVENTS AND FIGURATIONS Chapter 4. Time and Freedom Chapter 5. Ownership and Investment Chapter 6. Bodies and Voices PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND DIRECTIONS Chapter 7. Entangled Figurations Chapter 8. Participation as Multi-Scaled Citizenship ReferencesReviewsFiguration Work speaks to many academic constituencies, not only to the anthropology of policy and the anthropology of education generally, to administrative studies and conflict management, but also to those who cast their research nets into the complexities of university culture... Most importantly, the volume encourages those committed to researching university cultures to suggest new envisioned futures and make some seductive intellectual stabs at the 'not-yet-thought-of university'. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute [A] well-written piece of work [which] draws upon extensive interdisciplinary studies of higher education and recent theoretical approaches to capitalism and globalization . . . The analysis is careful, detailed, and always points beyond the event analyzed to the social implication and to the change in the theories of civism and citizenship. * Monica Heintz, University of Paris 10 - Nanterre I found myself engrossed by Nielsen's discussion of a number of topics that are of crucial significance for universities today. And I found myself learning from her and using her stories and analyses to think about issues I'm struggling with here [in the U.S]. * Richard Handler, University of Virginia ... [A] well-written piece of work [which] draws upon extensive interdisciplinary studies of higher education and recent theoretical approaches to capitalism and globalization ... The analysis is careful, detailed, and always points beyond the event analyzed to the social implication and to the change in the theories of civism and citizenship. Monica Heintz, University of Paris 10 - Nanterre I found myself engrossed by Nielsen's discussion of a number of topics that are of crucial significance for universities today. And I found myself learning from her and using her stories and analyses to think about issues I'm struggling with here [in the U.S]. Richard Handler, University of Virginia Author InformationGritt B. Nielsen is Associate Professor of Educational Anthropology at Aarhus University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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