1st Edition
Migration and Educational Policymaking in China A Critical Engagement with Policy Sociology and Bourdieu
By Hui Yu
Copyright 2023
178 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1 Migrant children’s school enrolment in urban China 2 Fluctuating development of school enrolment policy 3 Tracing educational policy trajectory with policy sociological and Bourdieusian resources 4 Intersection of multiple fields and social spaces framing policymaking 5 Cross-field effects: external influences on policy agenda 6 Discursive practices: inside the ‘black box’ of policy cycle 7 Intersectional logics: local diversities in policy enactment 8 Nature of policymaking and concerns for social justice 9 Being reflexive: policy sociology, Bourdieu and ‘toolbox’ approach
Biography
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.
"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
