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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456262403321

Autore

Rhoads Robert A

Titolo

Global citizenship and the university [[electronic resource] ] : advancing social life and relations in an interdependent world / / Robert A. Rhoads and Katalin Szelényi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-7780-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SzelényiKatalin <1974->

Disciplina

306.43/2

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Political aspects

Education, Higher - Social aspects

Education and globalization

Universities and colleges

World citizenship

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Globalization, citizenship, and the university -- "One coin has two sides" : the globalization of university life in southern China -- Pluriversity knowledge in a mobile world : international graduate students and citizenship at UCLA -- Resistance to neoliberalism : north-south tensions in Argentina -- Post-communism, globalization, and citizenship : the case of Central European University in Hungary -- Global citizenship and changing times for universities.

Sommario/riassunto

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 addre