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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338032303321

Autore

Nissen Sylvia

Titolo

Student Debt and Political Participation / / by Sylvia Nissen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-96322-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics

Disciplina

378.362

Soggetti

Comparative government

Political sociology

Asia—Politics and government

Educational policy

Education and state

Comparative Politics

Political Sociology

Asian Politics

Educational Policy and Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Debt and democracy -- 2. Student loans: An awkward subject -- 3. Inequality and participation -- 4. Precautionary politics -- 5. Rethinking debt for students as citizens.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how student debt informs the political action and participation of university students. The scale of student debt is unprecedented, particularly in the English-speaking world. In these democracies, debt has become an increasingly integral part of student life for many young people to enable participation in education and the wider economy. Using New Zealand as a case study, the author challenges existent assumptions about student attitudes towards loans by analysing how students speak about the impact of debt on themselves and their peers, including politically. Listening to these perspectives will provide a more nuanced insight into the underlying tensions and challenges of participating politically in a context of rising



debt. Sylvia Nissen is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her research focuses on young people, politics and democracy in a context of environmental change She has published a chapter in an international volume, Student Politics and Protest (2017, edited by Rachel Brooks), and contributed to the Journal of Urgent Writing (2017, forthcoming) and New Zealand Sociology (2016).