Rethinking the Neoliberal Nexus of Education, Migration, and Institutions

Min-Jung Kwak
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Min-Jung Kwak: Department of Geography, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3

Environment and Planning A, 2013, vol. 45, issue 8, 1858-1872

Abstract: The rise of neoliberalism and economic globalization is identified as a significant factor contributing to macroscale structural changes in the political economy of migration and education in Korea and Canada. In this paper the empirical focus of analysis is on how nation-states have played important roles in shaping the market conditions of the international education industry under the structural changes brought about by neoliberalization. I pay particular attention to how different public institutions have become actively engaged in profit-generating activities through promoting and selling Canadian education. In so doing, I reconsider the implications of neoliberalism for the political economy of migration and international education. Drawing upon empirical evidence collected from fieldwork in Seoul and Vancouver, this paper aims to explore the complexities and locally specific outcomes of neoliberal projects. In relation to the rise of international education, this paper adds to the burgeoning literature that acknowledges that taken-for-granted views on neoliberalism are problematic and further highlights the role of public institutions as active facilitators in the process of market expansion.

Keywords: neoliberalism; education migration; international education industry; public institutions; Korea/Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/a43493

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