A Bourdieusian Analysis of Chinese Transnational Higher Education Policy Enactment

This book provides an empirical examination of the meso-level policy enactment of transnational higher education in the context of China. This book will be of great interest to Bourdieusian scholars with particular interests in higher education and sociologists of education more broadly.

Autorentext

Xiao Han is an assistant professor in the Department of International Education, at the Education University of Hong Kong. Her research is trans-disciplinary-based, focusing on critical policy analysis, international/transnational education, and Foucault/Bourdieu studies. Her works have been published in international journals such as Journal of Education Policy, Higher Education, and Policy and Society.

Inhalt

1. Meso-level Policy Enactment at a Glance: From Foucault to Bourdieu 2.Rise of Transnational Higher Education in the World and China 3. Policy Habitus in Authoritarian Country: The Meso-level Policy Enactment 4. The Geographical Distribution of SFCUs in China: Selective Local Enactment of National Policies 5. "Regulated but not Obedient to Rules": Local Creativity and Innovation in Policy Enactment 6. Bourdieusian Critical Policy Analysis: Rethinking the Concept of Habitus