{"product_id":"longing-for-justice-higher-education-and-democracys-agenda-paperback-softback-9780802096708","title":"Longing for Justice; Higher Education and Democracy's Agenda (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802096708","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLonging for Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHigher Education and Democracy's Agenda\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer S. Simpson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802096708\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 October 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 2 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;\u003ci\u003eLonging for Justice\u003c\/i\u003e is a relevant read that I highly recommend because it can serve as an impetus for student affairs professionals to critically reflect on their agency as administrators and educators and on the consequences of their daily educational practices with students.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Gerson Sanchez (Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice June 2016)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely and persuasive argument for Higher Education’s obligations to our democratic society, \u003cem\u003eLonging for Justice\u003c\/em\u003e combines personal narrative with critical analysis to make the case for educational practices that connect to questions of democracy, justice, and the common good.  Jennifer S. Simpson begins with three questions. First, what is the nature of the social contract that universities have with public life? Second, how might this social contract shape undergraduate education? And third, how do specific approaches to knowledge and undergraduate education inform how students understand society?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a bold challenge to conventional wisdom about Higher Education, Simpson argues that today’s neoliberal educational norms foreground abstract concepts and leave the complications of real life, especially the intricacies of power, unexamined. Analysing modern teaching techniques, including service learning and civic engagement, Simpson concludes that for Higher Education to serve democracy it must strengthen students’ abilities to critically analyse social issues, recognize and challenge social inequities, and pursue justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One. Higher Education and Democracy’s Agenda: Resisting “Streamlined” Education\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two. Higher Education and the Social Contract: Considering the “We” of Public Life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three. Civic Engagement and Service Learning: The Burden of Liberal Norms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four. “What Do You Think? 41 Bullets?”: The Relationship of the Subject and the Social\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five. Liberal Norms and Questions of Practice: Education, Ethics, and Interests\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six. Epistemological Architectures: Possibilities for Understanding the Social\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Chapter Seven. The Work of the “We”: Democracy’s Agenda and Curricular and Pedagogical Possibilities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545920532760,"sku":"9780802096708","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/longing-for-justice-higher-education-and-democracys-agenda-paperback-softback-9780802096708","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}