03354nam 22005775 450 991029953240332120240628093801.09789811087189981108718010.1007/978-981-10-8718-9(CKB)4100000004244321(DE-He213)978-981-10-8718-9(MiAaPQ)EBC5379928(EXLCZ)99410000000424432120180502d2018 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierInequality in Public School Admission in Urban China Discourses, Practices and New Solutions /by Jing Liu1st ed. 2018.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Springer,2018.1 online resource (XXI, 221 p. 13 illus.) Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects,2214-9791 ;439789811087172 9811087172 Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 A Critical Definition of Zexiao -- Chapter 3 Public Discourses on Zexiao -- Chapter 4 Where there is a policy, there is a countermeasure -- Chapter 5 The Key Schools and Zexiao -- Chapter 6 Competition of Family Background with Local Characteristics -- Chapter 7 Admission to Public Lower Secondary Schools as Social Closures -- Chapter 8 New Solutions for Zexiao -- Chapter 9 Conclusion.This book explores and interprets discourses and practices in school admissions to public lower secondary education in urban China by utilizing a discourse analysis approach and a case study method. It identifies continuities and changes in discourses shaped by diverse forces in public lower secondary school admissions in the context of China’s social transformation from a profit-driven society to a more equitable society, and elucidates the power relationships among stakeholders in public school admissions by analysing their interplay in the process. More importantly, it exposes how current socio-economic, institutional and educational systems are shaping the engagement of stakeholders in the public school admissions process. It also presents some on-going projects intended to yield new policies and practices for more equitable public secondary education in China in the development stage of the post-2015.Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects,2214-9791 ;43International educationComparative educationEducation and stateEducational sociologyInternational and Comparative EducationEducational Policy and PoliticsSociology of EducationInternational education.Comparative education.Education and state.Educational sociology.International and Comparative Education.Educational Policy and Politics.Sociology of Education.370.116370.9Liu Jingauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut768805BOOK9910299532403321Inequality in Public School Admission in Urban China2505935UNINA