Student lives in crisis : deepening Inequality in times of austerity / Lorenza Antonucci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antonucci, Lorenza.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--Europe--Social conditions.

College students.

College students--Europe--Economic conditions.

College students--Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Social conditions.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, [2016]

Summary:

In the greatest social change of the last twenty years about half of Europe's young people now attend university. Their lived experiences are, however, largely undocumented. Lorenza Antonucci travelled across six cities and three European countries - England, Italy and Sweden - to provide the first ever comparison of the lives of university students across countries and socio-economic backgrounds. Contrasting students' resources and backgrounds, this original work exposes the profound social effects of austerity and the financial crisis on young people. Questionnaires and first person interviews reveal that, in contrast with what assumed by HE policies, participating in university exacerbates inequalities among young people. This work is a wake-up call for re-thinking the role of higher education in relation to social justice in European societies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 University for all? How higher education shapes inequality among young people 15

1 Social consequences of mass access in Europe 17

2 How welfare influences the lives of young people in university 33

3 Beyond differences? Determinants of inequality among European young people in university 51

Part 2 Exploring the inequality of university lives in England, Italy and Sweden 65

4 Investigating young people's semi-dependence during university 67

5 The different profiles of young people's experiences in university 75

6 Explaining inequality: the role of social origins and welfare sources 107

Part 3 The 'eternal transition': young adults and semi-dependence in university 117

7 The family: saviour or 'inequaliser'? 119

8 The labour market contradiction: a precarious form of dependence 131

9 State: generous, conditional or absent? 143.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index.

ISBN:

9781447318248

1447318242

OCLC:

944087039