Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert Rhoads ,
Katalin Szelényi
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 66.10cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9780804775410
ISBN 10: 0804775419
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 04 May 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The challenges of globalization so carefully analyzed by Rhoads and Szelenyi deeply affect the nature, identity, and roles of universities. Foremost among these challenges is the question, so exquisitely analyzed through case studies and solid theorizing
Rhoads and Szelenyi offer fresh insights into the politics of globalization, the role of public good and private objectives, and the position of mobile non-citizens. This vivid, thoughtful book advances arguments about the limits of territorial nationalism and the implications of those limits for globalizing universities. A path-breaking work. --Simon Marginson, University of Melbourne
Overall, the book is strongly structured and successfully bridges the fields of higher education and citizenship studies. It also offers an interesting and unique angle to examine various issues in the higher education arena. --Zhenzhou Zhao, Frontiers of Education in China
Author Information
Robert A. Rhoads is Professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change and the founding Director of the Globalization and Higher Education Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Katalin Szelényi is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
