Full Description
What 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.
Contents
List 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
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