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Format: 1 online resource (384 p.)

ISBN: 9783031206535 , 3031206533

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Practical Implications for Universities and Employers , Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Rethinking Graduate Employability in Context -- Part I: Critical Perspectives on the Theory of Employability -- Part II: Graduate Employability and Social Inequalities in Different National Contexts -- Part III: Graduate Employability as a Career and Identity Process -- References -- Part I: Critical Perspectives on the Theory of Employability -- Chapter 2: Graduate Employability and Its Basis in Possessive Individualism -- Introduction , Frames of Reference for Graduate Employability Research -- Problems with the Skills and Attributes Perspective -- Policy Origins of the Skills and Attributes Perspective -- The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism -- Self-contained Individualism -- Language and the Need for Conceptual Clarification -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Relative Employability: Applying the Insights of Positional Competition and Conflict Theories Within the Current Higher Education Landscape -- Introduction -- Part I: Early Theories on Positionality of Education and Employability , Positional Conflict in the Graduate Labour Market -- Higher Education Systems: Ranking and Stratification -- Part II: The Growing Relevance of Relative Employability -- Labour Market Positioning: Continuous Growth in the Supply of Qualified Graduates and Recent Labour Market Shocks -- Educational Positioning: Growing Segmentation of Higher Education at the Top -- Social Positioning: Greater Effort Is Afforded by Those Wanting to Distinguish Themselves -- Discussion: Outlining a New Policy and Research Agenda -- References , Chapter 4: Boosting Employability Through Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Critical Analysis of Employability and Entrepreneurship in EU Policy Documents -- Introduction -- Governmentality Perspective on Employability and Entrepreneurial Mindset -- Critical Analysis of the EU's Education Policy Documents -- Entrepreneurship Education as a Solution to Employability Problems -- Problem 1: Lack of Entrepreneurial Skills -- Problem 2: Obsolete Higher Education -- Problem 3: Risk Society and Risky Labour Markets -- Discussion: Empowered or Neurotic Citizens? -- Appendix A: Analysed Documents

Additional Edition: Print version: Siivonen, Päivi Rethinking Graduate Employability in Context Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 ISBN 9783031206528

Language: English

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