Beyond policy: governments, NGOs and the provision of educational services to refugee children in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon
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Zino, Bridget.
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TitleBeyond policy: governments, NGOs and the provision of educational services to refugee children in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-05 (degree)
Extent1 online resource (xv, 409 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionThe Syrian Civil War displaced millions. Many Syrians have taken refuge in the surrounding countries of Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. These host countries made promises to provide education services to Syrian refugees. Yet, the gross enrollment ratios of Syrian refugee children in the three host countries varied significantly between 2013 and 2017. In August 2016, for example, 40.4% or 341,689 of the 845,364 of Syrian refugee children in Turkey, 55.2% or 209,689 of the 379,299 of children in Lebanon, and 82.2% or 191,161 of 232,470 of Syrian refugee children in Jordan were enrolled in formal and non-formal education programs. This dissertation addressed the question of what accounts for these national differences in the gross enrollment ratios of Syrian refugees. I explored four alternative explanations in answering this question. They related to security concerns, economic interests and constraints, elements of the host government’s historical relationship with Syria, and the host government’s relationship with international entities that provide refugee services – namely non-governmental organizations (NGOs). My goal was to identify which factors were the key determinants in explaining the variation in Syrian refugee enrollment rates. I utilized a mixed methods approach in this study. I conducted semi-structured interviews and Q-sort exercises with host government officials, United Nations officials, and NGO representatives within the host countries. I analyzed the results of Q-sort exercises by conducting ANOVA tests and post hoc T-tests with a Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. My findings suggest that the opportunities, strategies and capabilities of the NGOs to overcome obstacles to their provision of refugee education services explain the variance in Syrian refugee enrollment rates. I argue that the higher enrollment rates are also attributable to the relative willingness of a host government to cooperate with NGOs. Furthermore, my findings suggest that there were three key factors that impacted the relationship between the host governments and NGOs: a good prior relationship between the state and NGOs, the NGOs’ financial capacity relative to the state, and the NGOs’ deliberate decision to aid both the domestic population and refugees.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
NoteIncludes vita
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
LanguageEnglish, Arabic
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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