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001 2013016226
003 DLC
005 20141211090040.0
008 130618s2014 enk 000 0 eng
010 $a 2013016226
020 $a9780415817691 (hardback)
020 $z9781315883465 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aLB1027.9$b.W8 2014
082 00 $a379.1/110951$223
084 $aEDU034000$aEDU022000$aEDU000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWu, Xiaoxin.
245 10 $aSchool choice in China :$ba different tale? /$cWu Xiaoxin.
264 1 $aAbingdon, Oxon :$bRoutledge,$c2014.
300 $aviii, 162 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCritical studies on education and society in China
520 $a"School Choice in China explores the major characteristics of schooling options in China, highlighting how largely middle-class parents exploit their cultural, economic and social capital for their children's admission into choice schools. It highlights how payments such as choice fees, donations, prize-winning certificates and awards, as well as the use of guanxi, result in Chinese school choice as a parent-driven, bottom-up movement. The author also explores how schools and local governments cash in on the school choice fever in order to obtain significant economic returns, leading to policies that accommodate the needs of mostly middle-class families. She argues that although this system seems to create winners among the parties involved, it exacerbates the educational inequality that already exists in Chinese society. Chapters include: - Positional competition for cultural capital - Exploitation of social capital - Economics of school choice - Class reproduction through parental choice This book is not simply a detailed analysis of Chinese school choice practices, but also a study in the middle class search for advantage for their children. As such it will be of great interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in education, sociology and social policy"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSchool choice$zChina.
650 0 $aSocial capital (Sociology)$zChina.
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEDUCATION / Parent Participation.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aEDUCATION / General.$2bisacsh