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Global citizenship and the university : advancing social life and relations in an interdependent world / Robert A. Rhoads and Katalin Szelényi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rhoads, Robert A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guangdong wai yu wai mao da xue.
- University of California, Los Angeles.
- Universidad de Buenos Aires.
- Central European University.
- Education, Higher--Political aspects--Case studies.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Social aspects--Case studies.
- Education and globalization--Case studies.
- Education and globalization.
- Universities and colleges--Case studies.
- Universities and colleges.
- World citizenship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 addre
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804777803
- 0804777802
- OCLC:
- 742367090
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