Foucauldian Analysis

This Asian youth study has defined the neoliberal objectification of Chinese education through the PRC within the context of a Foucauldian and Marxists analytical perspective. Woronov’s (2004, 2009) analysis of the Chinese educational system defines the overt changes in PRC policies towards a more privatized and neoliberal vision of education for young people in China. In this perspective, Foucault defines the “power” of the government to defined on the conduct of governmental activities that illustrate the underlying Marxist view of the capitalist system and the problem of Chinese state in the professionalization of the young people in the educational process. This free market/neoliberal ideology is defined through measurement of student progress through the technological aspects of labor markets and competitive advantage for China in the global economy. The “patriotic professional” is another important theme of Zhang’s analysis of the education of Chinese students in preparation for the global labor force, which reveal a significant shift in the communist policies of education to the privatization of …show more content…
A Foucauldian analysis can also define the objectification of the PRC’s policies on education, which reinforces the institutionalization of market-based solutions to education for China’s modernization and adaption into western models of capitalist economics. In Marxist terms, the objectification of Chinese education is a primary result of Foucault’s analysis of the important social structure that the government provides in all manners of social life. In terms of the “commoditization” of Chinese education, many students are being socially affected by the market-based educational strategies that encourage young people to find satisfaction in technological professions or related labor