Global citizenship and the university
Subtitle: advancing social life and relations in an interdependent world
By: Robert A. Rhoads and Katalin Szelényi
Contributors: Szelényi, Katalin, 1974- author
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780804775410; 9780804775427
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Higher Education; Universidad de Buenos Aires; Education and globalization; Guangdong wai yu wai mao da xue; Central European University; World citizenship; Los Angeles University of California; Universities and colleges; Case studies
Description: ""With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ideas of ""global citizenship"" are emerging, and universities, which are increasingly involved in international engagements, provide a unique opportunity to explore how fundamental understandings of modern citizenship are changing. Drawing on case studies of universities in China, the United States, Hungary, and Argentina, Global Citizenship and the University moves beyond a narrow political definition of citizenship to address the cultural and economic complexities of contemporary social life. Rhoads and Szelényi show how universities should be mindful of the possibilities for faculty and student involvement in the production, management, and application of knowledge, and how this in turn allows for an engagement as citizens that reflects serious considerations of the global context. Ultimately, the authors challenge universities and readers alike to consider the many transnational opportunities that are redefining citizenship today.""--Publisher's description."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization, citizenship, and the university; title: "One coin has two sides": the globalization of university life in southern China; title: Pluriversity knowledge in a mobile world: international graduate students and citizenship at UCLA; title: Resistance to neoliberalism: north-south tensions in Argentina; title: Post-communism, globalization, and citizenship: the case of Central European University in Hungary; title: Global citizenship and changing times for universities.