Student Debt and Political Participation

• Main Author: Nissen, Sylvia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Young People and Politics
• Subjects: Comparative politics.; Political sociology.; Asia-Politics and government.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Comparative Politics.; Political Sociology.; Asian Politics.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book examines how student debt informs the political action and participation of university students. The scale of student debt is unprecedented, particularly in the English-speaking world. In these democracies, debt has become an increasingly integral part of student life for many young people...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Debt and democracy
• 2. Student loans: An awkward subject
• 3. Inequality and participation
• 4. Precautionary politics
• 5. Rethinking debt for students as citizens.