Graduate Citizens: Issues of Citizenship and Higher Education / Edition 1

by John Ahier, John Beck, Rob Moore

Overview

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 with, though distant 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415257220
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/24/2002
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Ahier, John Beck, Rob Moore

Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: 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 Restructuring of Higher Education Part 2: Being a Graduate and a Citizen in Modern Britain: Evidence and Interpretation 4. Citizenship Themes in Student's Lives 5. Citizenship, Mutuality and Civil Society 6. Conclusion: Concerns, Hopes and Fears

Editorial Reviews

'For the student of Citizenship and Education this is a valuable contribution to the current growing body of literature in the field ... It is a good and rich source of references in the area, and will be a good springboard for further work.' - Escalate

'This wide-ranging and thought-provoking book contains much of interest to students of the contemporary and historical nature of citizenship, and should also attract the eye of researchers and students with an interest in theoretical perspectives on citizenship education.' -William Stow, British Journal of Educational Studies, February 2006

'For the student of Citizenship and Education this is a valuable contribution to the current growing body of literature in the field ... It is a good and rich source of references in the area, and will be a good springboard for further work.' - Escalate

This wide-ranging and thought-provoking book contains much of interest to

students of the contemporary and historical nature of citizenship, and should also

attract the eye of researchers and students with an interest in theoretical perspectives

on citizenship education. The

William Stow, Canterbury Christ Church University

Review in the British Journal of Educational Studies

From the Publisher