Neoliberal globalization, racism and education: The model minority thesis in education policy

Patel, Rushika

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Title

Neoliberal globalization, racism and education: The model minority thesis in education policy

Author(s)

Patel, Rushika

Issue Date

2014-05-30T17:18:34Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

McCarthy, Cameron R.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

McCarthy, Cameron

Committee Member(s)

• Darder, Antonia
• Lugo, Alejandro
• Trent, William T.

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Date of Ingest

2014-05-30T17:18:34Z

Keyword(s)

• education
• globalization
• race
• neoliberalism
• model minority
• Asians in Education
• cultural studies
• discourse
• social justice
• Wave Theory

Abstract

How do education policies intended to create equitable educational opportunities for racial minorities in the US unintentionally exacerbate racial inequality? What can we do about it? “Neoliberal Globalization, Model Minority Politics and Education Policy Research” traces current trends in US education policy research discourse about Asians to argue that prevailing conservative and liberal social justice based paradigms abstract race and, in some critical ways, dematerialize potentially transformative anti-racist strategies in education. (Melamed, 2011; Darder & Torres, 2004; Darder, 2012; McCarthy, 1991) I further argue that patterns of racialization and racism are radically shifting in the most recent period of neoliberal globalization such that the power of race to signify, differentiate, and hierarchically order trajectories of educational opportunity is being actualized to an extraordinary degree even while anti racist strategy and social justice initiatives in education increase. (Pedroni, 2011) My final argument is that an interdisciplinary approach to educational policy research, which I summarize as Wave Theory, can rematerialize anti-racist policy analysis, strategy and social justice based initiatives in education.

Graduation Semester

2014-05

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Copyright 2014 Rushika Patel

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