Universities as democratic spaces have ignited the sociological imagination of the students by exposing them to the multiple realities and the lived experiences of others in the multicultural context. Students which are broadly seen as part of civil society, nonstate actors, and critical agents have an indispensable role in contributing to the ideal of justice as well as enriching the principles of democracy. This can be supported by empirical evidence and trends in global student protests. The emergence of student voice in expressing the concerns of marginalized points towards formal agency of university students in organizing the fight against injustice at the global and local levels which is not yet organized by normative theorists of agents of justice.Drawing from the theories on the agency of agents and the democratic context this research paper seeks to comprehend the "philosophy of praxis" by uniting the ideals of theory with ethnographic data. The main argument is that students have formal agency evidenced by student-led protests as political movements fighting for issues of global justice that need to be recognized by normative theorists working on global justice. Unraveling the role of student activism in voicing the concerns of the marginalized and collaborating to stage political movements against injustice at local and global levels, therefore, critically analyzing student activism. The paper lastly, aims to unravel the role of students by analyzing equitable representation in the scheme of justice framework. The arguments placed will be supported and based on ethnographic accounts of student movements in India.

Authors:
Arushi Kaushik, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

About the Presenter(s)
Arushi Kaushik is currently a Doctoral Student at the Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

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