Student Identity and Political Agency

<p>Examining the intersections of education sociology and politics <i>Student Identity and Political Agency </i>provides a unique research-informed account of the student experience in a contemporary higher education setting. By drawing on current societal context this book has a two-fold aim: to unpack and discuss student identity in higher education and to identify opportunities to influence positive educational and social change. </p><p>This essential text encourages readers to critically examine and explore:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>the marketisation and massification of higher education</li> <p> </p> <li>the homogenising model of consumerism in higher education and the impact this holds upon the diversity of the student population</li> <p> </p> <li>the positioning of youth and student-hood in our higher education systems</li> <p> </p> <li>past and present forms of student political agency – protest unionism and consumer rights – in an attempt to influence positive change.</li> </ul><p>Informed by recent research this is a crucial read for academics and researchers who specialise in the field of student identity and experience or more broadly in higher education transformations. This book provides a timely and academically rigorous account of contemporary student identity and agency in the global context of higher education.</p>