Student Movements in Late Neoliberalism
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This book inquires into the global wave of student mobilizations that have arisen in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008, accounting for their historical and sociological significance. More specifically, its eleven chapters explore the role of students as political actors: their ability to build effective organizations, to make political alliances with other actors, and to win public consensus, as well as their impact on cultural, political, and policy outcomes. To do so, the volume examines case studies in England, Chile, South Africa, Quebec, and Hong Kong, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and Latin America. Grouped into two major sections, the collection covers the organizational structures of student movements and their alliances and outcomes. Ultimately, this volume examines the understudied political aspects of student unrest, exploring how student mobilizations-driven by indebtedness, precariousness, the corporatization of the university, and other issues-correspond to larger processes of change with wider implications in society.
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"This rich and insightful collection, curated by Lorenzo Cini, Donatella della Porta, and César Guzmán-Concha, arrives at the perfect historic moment. Even as the modern neoliberal university reels under the impact of the COVID pandemic, this theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich collection of chapters reminds us that university students in UK, North and South America, Africa and Europe continue to be significant political actors. Each chapter illuminates the many ways university students continue to defend the idea of the public university, and the right of young people to enjoy a decent, debt-free higher education."- Professor Judith Bessant , RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
"The multi-faceted aspects of contemporary student activism are analysed in this wide-ranging volume that covers both theoretical and empirical angles. With an especially insightful introduction followed by case studies from around the world,social movements specialists Cini, della Porta and Guzmán-Concha expertly provide the reader with a holistic understanding of the specificities of contemporary student movements within the context of neoliberal higher education."
- Dr. Sarah Pickard , Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France
"Student movements are recurrent and widespread phenomena in societies in which higher education and the roles of students are changing, where political provocations and opportunities change, and so do the strategic opportunities for student activists. Drawing on recent cases from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, this volume successfully draws the study of student movements into the social movement literature."
- Professor Christopher Rootes , University of Kent, United KingdomMore details
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Lorenzo Cini is a political sociologist on the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Florence, Italy.
Donatella della Porta is Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, and Director of the PhD program in Political Science and Sociology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy.
César Guzmán-Concha is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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