{"product_id":"a-liberal-education-the-social-and-political-impact-of-the-modern-university-hardback-9781009424776","title":"A Liberal Education; The Social and Political Impact of the Modern University (Hardback) 9781009424776","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Liberal Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Social and Political Impact of the Modern University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn innovative and comprehensive account of the modern university's impact on social and political attitudes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrendan Apfeld (Author), Emanuel Coman (Author), John Gerring (Author), Stephen Jessee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009424776, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 January 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.642 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEnlisting a natural experiment, global surveys, and historical data, this book examines the university's evolution and its contemporary impact. Its authors conduct an unprecedented big-data comparative study of the consequences of higher education on ideology, democratic citizenship, and more. They conclude that university education has a profound effect on social and political attitudes across the world, greater than that registered by social class, gender, or age. A university education enhances political trust and participation, reduces propensities to crime and corruption, and builds support for democracy. It generates more tolerant attitudes toward social deviance, enhances respect for rationalist inquiry and scientific authority, and usually encourages support for Leftist parties and movements. It does not nurture support for taxation, redistribution, or the welfare state, and may stimulate opposition to these policies. These effects are summarized by the co-authors as liberal, understood in its classic, nineteenth-century meaning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI. Background: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Previous Work\u003cbr\u003e II. Foreground: 3. Methods\u003cbr\u003e 4. Findings\u003cbr\u003e III. Extensions: 5. Nuances\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e IV. History: 7. The Rise of a Liberal University\u003cbr\u003e 8. Disciplinary Differences\u003cbr\u003e 9. Explanations for the Liberal Shift\u003cbr\u003e V. Conclusions: 10. Synthesis\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: The American University\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Educational strategies \u0026amp; policy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Educational strategies \u0026amp; policy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Educational%20strategies%20\u0026amp;%20policy%20%5BJNF%5D%22\"\u003eJNF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414005281048,"sku":"9781009424776","price":68.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009424776i.jpg?v=1784335504","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-liberal-education-the-social-and-political-impact-of-the-modern-university-hardback-9781009424776","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}