Figuration Work : : Student Participation, Democracy and University Reform in a Global Knowledge Economy / / Gritt B. Nielsen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Nielsen, Gritt B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: EASA Series ; 27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

What role should students take in shaping their education, their university, and the wider society? These questions have assumed new importance in recent years as universities are reformed to become more competitive in the “global knowledge economy.” With Denmark as the prism, this book shows how negotiations over student participation — influenced by demands for efficiency, flexibility, and student-centered education — reflect broader concerns about democracy and citizen participation in increasingly neoliberalised states. Combining anthropological and historical research, Gritt B. Nielsen develops a novel approach to the study of policy processes and opens a timely discussion about the kinds of future citizens who will emerge from current reforms.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Trajectories and Mappings -- 1 Studying Participation as/through Figuration Work -- 2 University Reform in Denmark: Negotiating Participation and Democracy -- 3 A History of Student Participation in Denmark -- Part II Events and Figurations -- 4 Time and Freedom -- 5 Ownership and Investment -- 6 Bodies and Voices -- Part III Conclusions and Directions -- 7 Entangled Figurations -- 8 Participation as Multi-scaled Citizenship -- Reference List -- Index