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Author Cantini, Daniele, author

Title Youth and education in the Middle East : shaping identity and politics in Jordan / Daniele Cantini
Published London : I.B. Tauris, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages)
Series Library of modern Middle East studies ; 177
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 177.
Contents Cover; Author; Endorsement; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Transliteration of Arabic Terms; List of Arabic Terms; Introduction Youth and Education in Jordan; 1. The University of Jordan; 2. University Reforms; 3. Living the University; 4. Political Activism on Campus; 5. The University and the Labour Market; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "The uprisings that were seen throughout the Middle East during 2010 and 2011, make it difficult to over-state the role of educated youth in the region s politics. Daniele Cantini combines an analysis of young people in Jordan, of its relevance and of its perceived crisis, with one which looks at education and the pursuit of knowledge. He thereby highlights the unprecedented rise in youth population and the growth in institutions of higher learning as a way to explore and explain the challenges Arab-majority societies are currently facing. It proposes an understanding of the university as an institution integral to the survival of the regime, discusses its fragile reforms, and crucial in the formation of young people s social and political identities. Youth and Education in the Middle East, offers vital first-hand accounts of the role of educational institutions and the impact they have in shaping transnational and local constituencies as well as in the micropolitics of everyday life."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-187) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jāmiʻah al-Urdunīyah.
SUBJECT Jāmiʻah al-Urdunīyah fast
Subject Youth -- Jordan -- Social conditions
Education, Higher -- Political aspects -- Jordan
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Jordan
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Education, Higher -- Political aspects
Education, Higher -- Social aspects
Youth -- Social conditions
Jordan
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0857727338
9780857727336
9780857729378
0857729373
9781784532475
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9781350989917
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