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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457591803321

Titolo

Education and social change in China : inequality in a market economy / / Gerard A. Postiglione, editor ; foreword by Stanley Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70493-5

1-317-47234-9

1-280-93424-7

9786610934249

0-7656-2197-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PostiglioneGerard A. <1951->

RosenStanley

Disciplina

306.43/20951

Soggetti

Educational sociology - China

Educational equalization - China

Education, Rural - China

Education and state - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate book"--t.p.

"First published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables and Figure; Foreword; Part I Inequalities and Development Discourse; 1 Schooling and Inequality in China; 2 Challenging the Gendered Dimensions of Schooling The State, NGOs, and Transnational Alliances; Part II Rural Northwest; 3 Poverty, Health, and Schooling in Rural China; 4 Tibetan Girls' Education Challenging Prevailing Theory; Part III Rural Southwest; 5 Rural Classroom Teaching and Nonfarm Jobs in Yunnan; 6 Education in Rural Tibet Development, Problems, and Adaptations; Part IV Urban Divisions: Migrants and the Middle Class

7 The Integration of Migrant Children in Beijing Schools8 Educational Stratification and the New Middle Class; List of Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Market reform, financial decentralization, and economic globalization



have accentuated China's social and regional inequalities. But some argue that state policies have not sufficiently addressed inequitable practices. This work examines the argument through analysis of selected aspects of educational stratification in China during the reform era.