Student Politics, Perspectives for the Eighties
By: edited by Philip G. Altbach.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Metuchen, N.J., USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Students -- Political activity -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Description: Unlike the large number of books dealing with student activism which appeared during the late 1960s and early 1970s, this volume stands virtually alone. The attention given by scholars and analysts to the topic of student political activism in recent years has been very modest. This is surprising because student activism, in many countries and particularly in the Third World, remains at a high level.

REVIEWS

"[This book] constitutes an important contribution to the literature. University Presidents or Vice-Chancellors who wish to avoid the mistakes made by their predecessors should read and ponder it." --Higher Education

"Although national differences in terms of educational systems, political ideologies and realities and societal conditions make international generalizations extremely difficult this volume does provide material for comparative study and will be of interest to students." --Comparative Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essays.
Table of contents: title: Student Activism in the 1970s and 1980s / Philip G. Altbach
pagenum: 1
label: 1; title: From Revolution to Apathy: American Student Activism in the 1970s / Philip G. Altbach
pagenum: 15
label: 2; title: Student politics in America : Transformation Not decline / Arthur Levine and Keith R. Wilson
pagenum: 36
label: 3; title: The "Old" New Left : A reassessment by Former Participants in Canada, the United States and West Germany / Cyril Levitt
pagenum: 53
label: 4; title: The 1970s in France: A Period of Student Retreat / Raymond Boudon
pagenum: 76
label: 5; title: Student Politics in Italy: From Utopia to Terrorism / Gianni Statera
pagenum: 91
label: 6; title: The Sixties and the Seventies: Aspects of Student Activism in West Germany / Wolf-Dietrich Webler
pagenum: 103
label: 7; title: Japanese Student Activism in the 1970s / Michiya Shimbori
pagenum: 119
label: 8; title: Contrary Imaginations: Student Activism and Beliefs in England During the Mid-1970s / Pamela J. Yettram
pagenum: 137
label: 9; title: Student Politics in Contemporary Latin America / Daniel Levy
pagenum: 186
label: 10; title: Sadhus No Longer: Recent Trends in Indian Student Activism / N. Jayaram
pagenum: 214
label: 11; title: Determinants of Third World Student Political Activism in the Seventies: The Case of Zambia / Y. G-M. Lulat
pagenum: 234
label: 12; title: Contributors
pagenum: 267; title: Index
pagenum: 269