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Author Della Porta, Donatella, 1956- author.

Title Contesting higher education : student movements against neoliberal universities / Donatella Della Porta, Lorenzo Cini, Cesar Guzman-Concha
Published Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2020

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Contents Front Cover -- Contesting Higher Education: Student Movements against Neoliberal Universities -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 The Contentious Politics of Higher Education -- Exploring the political impact of student movements: a processual approach -- Neoliberal universities as constraints and targets -- Student politics: universities and critical masses -- The empirical research -- This volume -- 2 Student Campaigns -- Introduction -- The Chilean Winter of 2011 -- The 2010 student protest campaign in England -- The Maple Spring in Quebec
Student mobilizations against Laws 133/2008 and 240/2010 in Italy -- Conclusions -- 3 Higher Education Policies -- Introduction -- The formation of the neoliberal university in Chile -- The recent round of neoliberal reforms in Chile -- The formation of the neoliberal university in England -- The recent round of neoliberal reforms in England -- Higher-education transformations in Quebec: a not-fully-marketized sector? -- Higher-education reforms in Quebec in the 2000s -- Higher-education transformations in Italy: a not-fully-marketized sector? -- Higher-education reforms in Italy in the 2000s
Conclusions -- 4 Student Politics -- Introduction -- Low institutionalization, coordinated field: Chile -- High institutionalization, fragmented field: England -- High institutionalization, coordinated field: Quebec -- Low institutionalization, fragmented field: Italy -- Conclusions -- 5 The Outcomes of Student Protest -- Introduction -- The outcomes of the 2011 protests in Chile -- The impacts of 2011 on the political process -- Value change and a changing policy paradigm in education -- Public opinion
The 2010 student campaign in England: politicization without a politically successful impact -- Politicizing higher education (and student fees) -- No political impact -- The Quebec 2012 strike: limited successful impacts -- Public opinion -- The marginal effects of the Italian student protests -- Marginal effects on the public debate -- A strategic failure of the movement -- Conclusions -- 6 Conclusions -- Introduction -- Protest campaigns against neoliberal higher education: agency in process -- Neoliberal higher-education fields as triggers and targets
Students as players: resources and strategies -- The political impacts of social movements: beyond legislative effects -- Further research -- Status of the interviewees and codes, per country -- Appendix -- Status of the interviewees and codes, per country -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back Cover
Summary This close investigation of student protests in the UK, Canada, Chile and Italy represents the first comparative review of the subject. Setting the wave of demonstrations within the contexts of student activism, social issues and political movements, it casts new light on their impact on higher education and on the broader society
Subject Student movements -- Cross-cultural studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Student movements.
Mouvements etudiants -- Études transculturelles.
Canada.
Chile.
Great Britain.
Italy.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies.
Form Electronic book
Author Cini, Lorenzo, author
Guzman-Concha, Cesar, author
ISBN 1529208637
9781529208641
1529208645
9781529208634