Wu Xiaoxin

School Choice in China

A different tale?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book highlights how parents in China exploit their cultural, economic and social capital for their children's admission into choice schools, and reveals how schools and local governments cash in on the school choice fever for economic returns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415817691
• ISBN-10: 0415817692
• Artikelnr.: 38022493

Autorenporträt

Wu Xiaoxin is Professor at the English Department, Foreign Languages College, Guangxi University, China.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. School Choice in the Global and Chinese Context 2. Key
School System 3. Creation of the School Choice Market 4. Positional
Competition for Cultural Capital 5. Exploitation of Social Capital 6.
Economics of School Choice 7. Class Reproduction through Parental Choice
Conclusion