The Public Regime for Migrant Child Education in Thailand

Alternative Depictions of Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID6040357
AuthorsNongyao Nawarat (0000-0002-0632-6509, corresponding author), Michael Medley, Michael R Medley (0000-0002-9751-9049)
Year2018
Volume10
Issue3
Pages411-426
Publication date2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12408
OpenAlexW2892085946
LanguageEN
References cited14

This article analyzes the conceptualization and depiction of Thailand’s public policy on education for the children of migrant workers in the country by examining a cluster of fairly recent literature on the subject. The studied texts broadly share the view that Thailand’s policy of providing full education to these children is subject to gaps and patchy implementation. An analytical review of the literature on conceptualizing this policy shows, however, that this picture is misleading as it tends to reduce policy to an idealized intention. Rather, Thailand has a plurality of local policies ambiguously governed by a national policy, which in turn does not predominantly aim at education for all. We contend that our improved characterization of the situation helps create more productive openings for research and policy change on this important topic

Conceptualization · Depiction · Economic growth · Economics · Education policy · Higher education · Policy analysis · Political science · Public policy · Sociology · Subject (documents · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration

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