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Student Lives in Crisis: Deepening Inequality in Times of Austerity
Lorenza Antonucci
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Description for Student Lives in Crisis: Deepening Inequality in Times of Austerity
Paperback. In this empirically-grounded analysis, Lorenza Antonucci compares the lives of university students at a time of austerity and financial crisis from three very different European welfare systems - Italy, England and Sweden. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white tables, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNKS; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 17 x 59 x 2. Weight in Grams: 348.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447318248
SKU
V9781447318248
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Ref
99-50
About Lorenza Antonucci
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Student Lives in Crisis: Deepening Inequality in Times of Austerity
An eye-opening account of the material inequalities that young people face whilst at university...should be read by anyone interested in Higher Education policies in Europe young people's transitions and those researching inequality and social mobility more generally. LSE Review of Books Not only a compelling read but also an excellent detailed discussion of the social processes at work ... Read more