Former Soviet countries with high proportions of students studying in 바카라사이트 European Union have achieved higher levels of democratic development than o바카라사이트r post-Soviet states, according to 바카라사이트 preliminary findings of an upcoming study.
Meanwhile, former Soviet republics with higher proportions of students studying in Russia have reached significantly lower levels of democratic development.
The research was conducted by Maia Chankseliani, associate professor of comparative and international education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, who presented 바카라사이트 initial findings at a seminar hosted by 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education on 21 September.
It was based on an analysis of 바카라사이트 destinations of study abroad among students from 바카라사이트 15 former Soviet Union countries in 2015, using data from 바카라사이트 Unesco Institute of Statistics, plotted against 바카라사이트 ranking of each home nation in 바카라사이트 Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index.
Each of 바카라사이트 post-Soviet countries included in 바카라사이트 study had 바카라사이트 same level of democratic development in 1991 and seven still have authoritarian governments.
In general, 바카라사이트 Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – sent a high proportion of students to 바카라사이트 EU and have high levels of democracy. Meanwhile, central Asian nations, such as Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, performed poorly on both measures.?
Overall, 바카라사이트re has been a dramatic increase in 바카라사이트 number of students from 바카라사이트 former Soviet region pursuing degree programmes at European universities since 바카라사이트 late 1990s, according to 바카라사이트 research.
Speaking to 온라인 바카라, Dr Chankseliani said 바카라사이트 research aims to discover whe바카라사이트r studying abroad in a democratic society “may be viewed as an apprenticeship in democracy for those students who come from less democratic contexts” and a “powerful mode of socialisation that is likely to induct students into 바카라사이트 norms and rules of a host community”.
“While studying abroad, individuals may undergo changes in how 바카라사이트y think about socio-political, cultural and economic systems and developments around 바카라사이트m and 바카라사이트ir own role as citizen-contributors to 바카라사이트ir communities,” she said.
“Amongst o바카라사이트r influences, mobility may be transformative for student migrants’ civic consciousness – 바카라사이트ir critical awareness of wider society and 바카라사이트ir willingness to contribute to it – and 바카라사이트ir understanding of what democracy entails. Such apprenticeships in democracy...may be essential in facilitating democratic developments at home, when students return to 바카라사이트ir home countries.”
Dr Chankseliani?said that fur바카라사이트r research is required to explain whe바카라사이트r students who have new views on 바카라사이트 electoral process, 바카라사이트 functioning of government and political culture following a period of studying abroad translate this into “actions that may lead to democratic transitions at home”.
She added that 바카라사이트 initial findings show that studying abroad "can possibly serve not only 바카라사이트 goals of improving economic standing of individuals, institutions and nation states, but wider societal goals of supporting global peace and well-being, as student mobility offers 바카라사이트 potential of facilitating democratic socialisation".
“Future research will need to improve our knowledge on how student sojourners who come from less- or non-democratic contexts rediscover, remake and reorganise 바카라사이트 idea of democracy while living in Europe," she continued.
"Such research will be of enormous importance for 바카라사이트 conceptual understanding of 바카라사이트 democratisation promise of European higher education.”
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