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1 online resource |
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STUDENT LIVES IN CRISIS; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of acronyms; Note on author; Preface: A post-Brexit preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Young people's lives at university in crisis; Student lives in crisis and the context of austerity; The research; Myth busting: looking at real-life experiences; Structure of the book; Part 1: University for all? How higher education shapes inequality among young people; 1. Social consequences of mass access in Europe; Paradox of higher education policies: democratisation through inequality |
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Features of European higher education policies: the focus on access and destinationStudents as young adults in a protracted phase of semi-dependence; Beyond access and destination: how young people live in university; Conclusion; 2. How welfare influences the lives of young people in university; Comparing 'welfare mixes' in England, Italy and Sweden; Has austerity affected the welfare systems for young people in university?; Conclusion; 3. Beyond differences? Determinants of inequality among European young people in university; Inequality and welfare state intervention |
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How relying on the family can increase inequalityHow working during university can increase inequality; Conclusion ; Part 2: Exploring the inequality of university lives in England, Italy and Sweden; 4. Investigating young people's semi-dependence during university; Researching young people in university; Life in university as protracted semi-dependence; Conclusion; 5. The different profiles of young people's experiences in university; Profile 1: Struggling and hopeless; Profile 2: Facing difficulties, but with hope for the future |
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Profile 3: Seeing university as a positive, but temporary, periodProfile 4: Feeling good in the present, worried about the future; Profile 5: Having a great time; Conclusion; 6. Explaining inequality: the role of social origins and welfare sources; 'Struggling and hopeless': young people without family support and working in precarious jobs; 'Facing difficulties, but with hope for the future': young people in search of additional resources; 'A positive, but temporary, period': students that benefited from state support |
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'Feeling good in the present, worried about the future': young people with (temporary) family support'Having a great time': young people with abundant family sources and no need to work; Conclusion: explaining inequality with social class and cross-national differences; Part 3: The 'eternal transition': young adults and semi-dependence in university ; 7. The family: saviour or 'inequaliser'?; Use of family sources by the different profiles; Family and semi-dependence; Conclusion; 8. The labour market contradiction: a precarious form of dependence |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
College students -- Europe -- Social conditions.
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College students. |
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Europe. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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Social conditions. |
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EDUCATION -- Student Life & Student Affairs. |
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College students -- Social conditions. |
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Education. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1447318234 9781447318231 (OCoLC)933584534 |
| ISBN |
1447318269 (electronic book) |
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9781447318262 (electronic book) |
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9781447318286 |
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1447318285 |
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1447318277 |
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1447318234 |
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9781447318231 |
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1447318242 |
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9781447318248 |
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9781447318255 |
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1447318250 |
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