The International Student Movement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10072719
AutoresP G Altbach (0000-0003-1307-9339, autor de correspondencia)
Año1970
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas156-174
Fecha de publicación1970-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002200947000500111
OpenAlexW2022911353
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

Politics has traditionally been a major concern of students. They manifest their concern in student political parties, movements, and organizations on local and national levels. Student political activity arouses national interest when street-cars are overturned, the educational system disrupted, or occasionally, when direct revolutionary action is taken. Governments in Turkey and Korea have been overthrown by students in recent years and Japan, Burma, Columbia, and other nations have been shaken by student demonstrations. Less dramatic, yet of importance, are the various international student and youth organizations which encompass practically all of the large national student movements. Furthermore, these international organizations reflect the concerns of national groups and at times provide them with ideological and political impetus. An analysis of the international student movement can provide some crucial information about student politics. The international student movement provides a substantial number of students with political and organizational experience, which is especially valuable in many of the developing nations. It gives an opportunity for exchanges of attitudes and ideas among students from many nations. The movement is also a battlefield in the Cold War. Both Russia and the United States, and more recently the Chinese and French, contend for the ideological and political loyalties of the world's students. They recognize the influence of this group in the political life of many nations. The ideological struggle of the Cold War is fought in microcosm in the international student movement. Occasion

Battlefield · Ideology · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · History · Ideological and Political Education · Law · Service-Learning and Community Engagement