{"product_id":"limiting-privilege-upward-mobility-within-higher-education-in-socialist-poland-paperback-softback-9781612498829","title":"Limiting Privilege; Upward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland (Paperback \/ softback) 9781612498829","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLimiting Privilege\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUpward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAgata Zysiak (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781612498829\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 5 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.272 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\"\u003eState socialism tried to industrialize, urbanize, encourage the more frequent washing of hands, urge people to leave the church, emancipate women, and electrify cities—all within a single lifetime. Central to these initiatives was extending educational opportunities to the working class and creating a vision of an egalitarian socialist university that offered advancement for all. \u003ci\u003eLimiting Privilege: Upward Mobility Within Higher Education in Socialist Poland\u003c\/i\u003e traces the possibilities and limits of this goal by looking at a model socialist university established in 1945 in the working-class city of Łódź, Poland. Initially a flagship project of socialist modernization, the university tried to offer social advancement by privileging admission for peasant and working-class children, but these efforts were often fought by the elite who sought to preserve their privilege.  By looking at first-generation students, intelligentsia faculty, and an industrial city, \u003ci\u003eLimiting Privilege\u003c\/i\u003e explores a complex story about utopian visions, failed aspirations, and reluctant academia.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Purdue University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52745008742680,"sku":"9781612498829","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/limiting-privilege-upward-mobility-within-higher-education-in-socialist-poland-paperback-softback-9781612498829","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}