Contentious Politics of Higher Education - Struggles and Power Relations Within English and Italian Universities

This book analyses the impact that recent student activism has had within Italian and English universities. The author examines the effects of the type of governance on the strategies and tactics of the students and the responses of the challenged, considering the differences that exist between Italy and England.

List of contents

1. Introduction, Part I: Framework and context, 2. The contentious politics of higher education, 3. The marketization of higher education in Italy and England and its resistances, Part II: Empirical analysis, 4. The “contested HE reforms.” The university mobilizations in Italy and England, 5. What is at stake? The impact of student activism on Italian universities, 6. What is at stake? The impact of student activism on English universities, Part III: Conclusion, 7. The contentious politics of higher education. Some concluding remarks

About the author

Lorenzo Cini is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Humanities and Social Sciences Institute of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy. His main research interest is student mobilizations in neoliberal universities. On this topic, Cini has published several chapters in edited volumes (for Brill and Routledge) and articles in journals (Current Sociology, Social Movement Studies, Italian Review of Political Science, Anthropological Theory, and PACO).

Summary

This book analyses the impact that recent student activism has had within Italian and English universities. The author examines the effects of the type of governance on the strategies and tactics of the students and the responses of the challenged, considering the differences that exist between Italy and England.

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo Cini, Lorenzo (Scuola Normale Superiore (Sns) Cini
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138577114
• ISBN: 978-1-138-57711-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; England, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Italy, EDUCATION / Administration / Facility Management, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher