Lin Yi

Cultural Exclusion in China

State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book, based on extensive original research, explores cultural exclusion in China, in particular with regard to ethnic minorities, demonstrating how educational inequality and cultural exclusion lie at the root of the widely recognised problems of poverty and economic inequality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780415541152
• ISBN-10: 0415541158
• Artikelnr.: 54572511

Autorenporträt

Lin Yi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Xiamen University. His current research focuses upon culture, inequality and boundaries, with particular reference to class, ethnicity and globalization. Lin's articles have appeared in such journals as China Quarterly and Japanese Journal of Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Trajectories of Chinese Culturalism and its
Educational Legacy 3. Ethnicization through Schooling: The Mainstream
Discursive Repertoires of Ethnic Minority Cultures 4. Choosing between
'Ordinary' and Minorities: The Tibetan Case 5. The Social Engagement of
'Familiar Strangers': The Muslim Case 6. Conclusion Postscript: Promoting
Education by NGOs?