The Politics, Practices, and Possibilities of Migrant Children Schools in Contemporary China

Bibliographic Data

ID8107883
AuthorsMin Yu (0000-0002-7614-0355, Wayne State University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenuePolitics, Practices, and Possibilities of Migrant Children Schools in Contemporary China (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1057/978-1-137-50900-0
OpenAlexW2508949457
Open LibraryOL29101529M
ISBN9781137509000
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This book examines the dynamics surrounding the education of children in the unofficial schools in Chinaâ s urban migrant communities. This ethnographic study focuses on both the complex structural factors impacting the education of children attending unofficial migrant children schools and the personal experiences of individuals working within these communities. As the book illustrates in careful detail, the migrant children schools serve a critical function in the community by serving as a hub for organized collective action around shared grievances related to issues of education, employment, wellbeing, and other social rights. In turn, the development of a collective identity among teachers, students, parents, and other members in the migrant communities makes it possible for activists to begin to working to address multiple forms of discrimination and maltreatment while simultaneously moving towards the possibility of more profound social transformation

China · Economic growth · Economics · Migrant workers · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Gender Studies · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Children of immigrants · Education · Education and state · Educational equalization

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