Migration and Educational Policymaking in China

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>