Student lives in crisis

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4473-1824-8
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 351 g

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.

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Antonucci, Lorenza

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: University Lives in the crisis;

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

The social consequences of the mass access in Europe;

How welfare influences the lives of youth in university;

Beyond differences? Determinants of inequality among European youth in university;

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

The five profiles of the university experience;

Explaining inequality: the role of social origins and welfare sources;

Welfare mixes and the reproduction of inequality in university;

Part 3 The ‘eternal transition’: young adults and semi-dependence in university;

The family: saviour or ‘inequaliser’?;

The labour-market contradiction: a precarious form of dependence;

State: generous, conditional or absent?;

Conclusion. Addressing the growing inequality among young people in university;

Methodological Annex.

Über Autor(innen)

Antonucci, Lorenza
Lorenza Antonucci is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy/Sociology at Teesside University where she researches on inequality. Lorenza is also Research Associate at the European Social Observatory (OSE) in Brussels. She is co-editor of ‘Young People and Social Policy in Europe’ (2014). In 2015 she has been awarded with the Royal Society of Edinburgh Visiting Fellowship (2015). You can follow her on Twitter @SocialLore Details for Enewsletter given at SPA16 conference

Lorenza Antonucci is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy/Sociology at Teesside University where she researches on inequality. Lorenza is also Research Associate at the European Social Observatory (OSE) in Brussels. She is co-editor of ‘Young People and Social Policy in Europe’ (2014). In 2015 she has been awarded with the Royal Society of Edinburgh Visiting Fellowship (2015). You can follow her on Twitter @SocialLore