Education, Migration, and Cultural Capital in the Chinese Diaspora: Transnational Students Between Hong Kong and Canada
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Table of Contents

List of Figures

xi

List of Tables

xii

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction: Education, Transnational Migration, and Social Class in East Asia

1

The Broader Context to International Education

5

Conceptualising Education

6

Migration and Cultural Capital in the Chinese Diaspora

10

The Study

14

Outline of the Book

15

Chapter 1: Globalisation, Neoliberalism, and the Transformation of Education

21

Examinations and Credentials

23

The Geography of Education and Neoliberalism

24

Internationalisation and the Business of Education

26

The Branding of Education Systems

31

Institutional Initiatives and New Strategic Geographies of Education

32

Entrenching Standardisation in Education

35

Global Testing Systems

35

Supranational Organisations and Universal Measurements

36

Uncertain Consequences of Internationalisation

37