Migration and Educational Policymaking in China: A Critical Engagement with Policy Sociology and Bourdieu...

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Hui Yu

Migration and Educational Policymaking in China

A Critical Engagement with Policy Sociology and Bourdieu

Hui Yu

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English

Routledge
27 May 2024

Urban communities; Educational strategies & policy; Organisation & management of education; Primary & middle schools

Series: China Perspectives

By concentrating on the topic of school enrolment policy for rural-to-urban migrant children in China, this book analyses the unequal power relations and structural inequalities that can appear in the context of education.

The author complements current knowledge by applying theoretical resources of policy sociology, in particular the thinking of Pierre Bourdieu, into analysis of educational policymaking in the Chinese context. He takes a policy trajectory approach to trace the (unequal) power relations and structural inequalities invested and realised in the school enrolment policy. Rooted in rich qualitative data from five metropolises, he examines both external influences of politics, economy and public policy on educational policy agenda setting and discursive practices within the educational policy cycle, inherent in the post-2013 restrictive school enrolment policy. Structural constraints and agency in the local context are also explored, indicating that the intersectional effects of political, economic, and civic logic can result in differentiated modes of policy enactment.

The study will be of interest to scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners in helping address policymaking and social justice in education for migrants and other marginalised groups.

By: Hui Yu
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032289953
ISBN 10: 1032289953
Series: China Perspectives
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Hui Yu (PhD, IOE) is Associate Professor in the School of Education at South China Normal University, China. Dr Yu is an adjunct research fellow at South China Normal University (SCNU) Centre for Fundamental Education Governance and Innovation, and at Ministry of Education-SCNU Institute for Educational Law. His research interest is sociology of education with a focus on policy processes and social class equalities in the context of rural-to-urban migration in China.

Reviews for Migration and Educational Policymaking in China: A Critical Engagement with Policy Sociology and Bourdieu

"""Yu maps out several interrelated fields across multi-level social spaces in relation to educational policymaking for migrant children in China. These fields include politics, economy, public policy and education."" -Jason Hung, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences"