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Author Rhoads, Robert A., author

Title Global citizenship and the university : advancing social life and relations in an interdependent world / Robert A. Rhoads and Katalin Szelényi
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2011], ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 327 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary 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 ec
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Guangdong wai yu wai mao da xue.
University of California, Los Angeles
Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Central European University
SUBJECT Central European University fast
Guangdong wai yu wai mao da xue fast
Universidad de Buenos Aires fast
University of California, Los Angeles fast
Subject Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Case studies
Education and globalization -- Case studies
Universities and colleges -- Case studies
World citizenship.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Education and globalization
Education, Higher -- Political aspects
Education, Higher -- Social aspects
Universities and colleges
World citizenship
Hochschule.
Globalisierung.
Världsmedborgarskap.
Globalisering.
Högskoleutbildning -- politiska aspekter.
Högskoleutbildning -- sociala aspekter.
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Szelényi, Katalin, 1974- author.
ISBN 9780804777803
0804777802
0804775419
9780804775410