73103X1 Stanford University Press, Palo Alto: 2011. 336 pages. Softcover. Brand new book. With the increasing integration of global economies and societies, the nation-state is no longer the sole force shaping and defining citizenship. New ideas of "global citizenship" are emerging, and universities, which are increasingly involved in international engagements, provide a unique opportunity to explore how fundamental understandings of modern citizenship are changing. Drawing on case studies of universities in China, the United States, Hungary, and Argentina, Global Citizenship and the University moves beyond a narrow political definition of citizenship to address the cultural and economic complexities of contemporary social life. Rhoads and Szel始yi show how universities should be mindful of the possibilities for faculty and student involvement in the production, management, and application of knowledge, and how this in turn allows for an engagement as citizens that reflects serious considerations of the global context. Ultimately, the authors challenge universities and readers alike to consider the many transnational opportunities that are redefining citizenship today. Robert A. Rhoads is Professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change and the founding Director of the Globalization and Higher Education Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Katalin Szel始yi is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. "Rhoads and Szel始yi offer fresh insights into the politics of globalization, the role of public good and private objectives, and the position of mobile non-citizens. This vivid, thoughtful book advances arguments about the limits of territorial nationalism and the implications of those limits for globalizing universities. A path-breaking work."ÑSimon Marginson, University of Melbourne "Beginning with the realization that the world has become inextricably interconnected, this excellent bookÑwritten with flair and many deep insightsÑseeks to understand what this might mean, and how its more democratic implications might be realized in higher education towards the formation of global citizens who are both morally informed and critically reflexive."ÑFazal Rizvi, University of Melbourne, Australia "The challenges of globalization so carefully analyzed by Rhoads and Szel始yi deeply affect the nature, identity, and roles of universities. Foremost among these challenges is the question, so exquisitely analyzed through case studies and solid theorizing in this book, of how universities may deal with the dilemmas of global citizenship in the context of growing hybridization, expansive global capitalism, growing transnational political spheres, and by implication new forms of identity. These are extraordinary times, with extraordinary challenges. This book is definitely a must to read."ÑCarlos Alberto Torres, University of California, Los Angeles $24.95USD
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