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When students protest : universities in the global South / edited by Judith Bessant, Analicia Mejia Mesinas, Sarah Pickard.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Student movements.
- Protest movements.
- High school students--Political activity.
- High school students.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- Summary:
- This book analyses how generations of university and college students in the Global South have responded to issues such as problems in their own universities as well as standing up against violent military dictatorships, human rights abuses, oppressive poverty, foreign interference and the effects of neoliberal austerity regimes.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Student Protest in the Global South: Introductory Essay
- Language Complexity
- Chapter Summaries: Student Protest Actions in the Global South
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 2: Breaking Routines toward Conservatism?: The 2013 Protests in Brazil
- Where We Begin
- What Happened? Phase 1
- Growing Pains-Difficulties of a Broader Politics
- June's Phase 2: Traces of Conservatism
- From Anti-Politics to Conservative Politics: The Novelty of a Youth Conservative Movement
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: The Student Movement in Chile: Normalizing Protest and Opening Up Political Space
- Introduction
- Normalizing Protest and Shaping Politics
- Demobilization and Political Disenchantment in Democratic Chile
- Protest Waves and Policy Effects
- The Normalization of Protests in Chile
- Opening Up the Political Space
- Chapter 4: Defending Education: Student Resistance to the Educational National Assessment System in Chile
- Context: The National Assessment for Quality Education in Chile
- The School Occupations against National Assessments
- The Relationship between Policy and School Occupations during the "Cultural Clash" on Education
- Conclusion: Student Activism and Educational Policy
- Chapter 5: Student Political Action and Activism in Contemporary Nigeria
- Student Power in Nigeria
- Student Unions in Nigeria
- Student Activism
- Student Attitudes and Beliefs
- Chapter 6: (No) Right to Protest?: Student Activism at Public Universities in India in the Modi Era
- Historical Overview
- The Right to Protest
- Discipline and Containment: Institutional Responses.
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7: "They've Completely Criminalized Us": Interrogating Student Activism in the Tamil Diaspora
- Background
- Securitized Responses to Younger Generation Tamil Activism
- Countering "Terrorism"
- Chapter 8: #yosoy132: Indignation, Information, and Pro-Democracy Activism in Mexico, 2011-2012
- Mexican Politics in 2012: The Return of the Dinosaur
- Emergence of Yo Soy 132: Young People and Political Participation
- Social Media: Democratization of Information as a Means and an End
- Democracy through Democratic Means
- Media and Society Responses
- Violent State Response to the #yosoy132 Movement
- Hope and Disillusion from the Mobilizations
- Lessons and Legacy
- The Effects of #yosoy132 on National Politics
- Index
- About the Contributors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78661-184-8
- OCLC:
- 1260346080
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