Institutional Logic Meets Global Imagining: Kazakhstan's Engagement with China's Belt and Road Initiative

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Jack T.; Lo, William Yat Wai; Abdrasheva, Dana
Titel	Institutional Logic Meets Global Imagining: Kazakhstan's Engagement with China's Belt and Road Initiative
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 82 (2021) 2, S.237-253 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lee, Jack T.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-020-00634-y
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Universities; Educational Development; Higher Education; Institutional Mission; Strategic Planning; Foreign Policy; International Trade; International Cooperation; Politics of Education; Ideology; School Business Relationship; Organizational Climate; Foreign Countries; Kazakhstan; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; University; Universität; Bildungsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Außenpolitik; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ideologie; Organisationsklima; Ausland; Kasachstan
Abstract	Theoretical ideas about globalization and internationalization of higher education emphasize the tension among different ideologies of higher education. According to literature, a competition among states, economy, knowledge, and status generates this tension to drive higher education development. This theoretical understanding not only shapes our global imaginations but also permeates the organizational behavior of universities. In this paper, we focus on the institutional logics that motivate universities in Kazakhstan to engage with China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). We investigate the ways that Kazakhstani higher education interprets and responds to China's vision of a global order. Based on interviews conducted at 10 higher education institutions (HEIs) in Kazakhstan, we argue that Kazakhstan's engagement with the BRI circumvents the cultural connectivity and global cooperation that are embraced by Chinese policy discourse and perpetuated by academic literature. Rather, institutional leaders in Kazakhstan operate with a utilitarian logic that seeks revenue generation, links with industry, and opportunities for students in employment and further education. The pursuit of these strategic outcomes demonstrates a bilateral engagement with China rather than the multilateral cooperation envisioned by policymakers. In a higher education system dominated by the state, the institutions in our study exhibit partial agency to accrue pragmatic benefits rather than concede to isomorphic pressures or mimic internationalization from neoliberal contexts. The discrepancy between policy discourse from China and policy reception in Kazakhstan raises questions about the rhetoric of a multipolar global order and the realities of international cooperation in higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01