ISBN:
9781137358950
,
9781137358943
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 284 pages)
Series Statement:
Frontiers of globalization series
Series Statement:
Frontiers of Globalization Ser.
Series Statement:
ProQuest E-Book Central
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als George, Shanti, 1954 - Re-imagined universities and global citizen professionals
Parallel Title:
Print version Re-Imagined Universities and Global Citizen Professionals : International Education, Cosmopolitan Pedagogies and Global Friendships
DDC:
370.196
Keywords:
Economic development
;
Economic development
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Erziehung
;
Globalisierung
;
Universität
;
Weltbürgertum
Abstract:
Universities are increasingly criticised for their limited relevance to a globalized and unequal world. Drawing on research from over 27 countries, this book outlines new directions for universities and the need to rethink the education that they provide based on the experiences of schools of international development studies
Abstract:
Universities are increasingly criticised for their limited relevance to a globalized and unequal world. Drawing on research from over 27 countries, this book outlines new directions for universities and the need to rethink the education that they provide based on the experiences of schools of international development studies
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 The Politics of the Intellect in the Globalized World; Universities: neoliberal or emancipatory agendas?; Everyday intellectuals in developing countries; Missing in the literature; Knowledge, higher education and voices from developing countries; International development studies: educating for national and global citizenship; The present study; Narratives and methodological cosmopolitanism; Overview of the book; 2 The Politics of the Intellect in Developing Countries; Introduction; A new class emerges and experiences a top-down commitment
Description / Table of Contents:
Radicalization: the new class and the familyRadicalization: the new class and education outside the home; Social critics; International development studies as social criticism; European and North American advocates for developing countries; Conclusion; 3 Citizen Professionals and Cosmopolitan Identities; Introduction; Three narratives; Civil servants, academicians and activists; 'Humanist intellectuals' and 'technocrats'; Knowledge, power and the market; Changing the world; Living in the world; Conclusion; 4 Cosmopolitan Pedagogies for Global Citizen Professionals; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Schools of development studies - beyond conventional higher educationSelf-education; Co-learning with faculty; 'One world' education and worldmaking; Conclusion; 5 Global Friendships: Hegemonic or Transformative? (I) 'We Were All Strangers' at a School of Development Studies; Introduction; Desert island friendships; Smudged lines and states of 'unhomeliness'; The Netherlands: rich, but small and with limited global influence; Conclusion; 6 Global Friendships: Hegemonic or Transformative? (II) Global Capitalism and Exclusion - A New Version of the 'Harvard Murder'; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Three triumphs …… and a tragedy; 'Looking for a villain'; Questioning interpretations; Harvard: race, gender, class and friendship; A crime of passion; Comparisons; Conclusion; 7 The Politics of the Imagination in Our Globalized World; Re-imagining universities in order to re-imagine the world; A review of main arguments; Inspiration for today's universities; Steps in the desired direction; Beyond knowledge that excludes; Cited References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1057/9781137358950
URL:
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