03232nam 2200697Ia 450 991080618650332120230124181900.01-134-33729-90-203-68318-81-280-03735-097866100373530-203-39060-1(CKB)1000000000248486(EBL)200573(OCoLC)85894183(SSID)ssj0000291482(PQKBManifestationID)11213928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291482(PQKBWorkID)10254038(PQKB)10521745(MiAaPQ)EBC200573(Au-PeEL)EBL200573(CaPaEBR)ebr10101258(CaONFJC)MIL3735(EXLCZ)99100000000024848620030702d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChina's scientific elite[electronic resource] /Cong CaoLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20041 online resource (269 p.)RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;21Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64881-5 0-415-32757-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-249) and index.Cover; CHINA'S SCIENTIFIC ELITE; ROUTLEDGECURZON STUDIES ON CHINA IN TRANSITION; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 China's science in perspective; 3 The evolution of an academic honor; 4 Social origins; 5 The influence of elite mentors on students; 6 The characteristics of research and becoming elite; 7 "Red" or "Expert"; 8 Elections of scientists into the elite group; 9 Toward a better understanding of China's scientific elite; Appendix: interviewing China's scientific elite; Notes; Bibliography; IndexChina's Scientific Elite is a study of those scientists holding China's highest academic honour - membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Having carried out extensive systematic data collection of CAS members Cao examines the social stratification system of the Chinese science community and the way in which politics and political interference has effected the stratification. The book then goes on to compare the Chinese system to the stratification of the US scientific elite. The conclusions are fascinating, not least because one national elite resides in a democratic liberal soRoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;21.ScienceSocial aspectsChinaScientistsChinaElite (Social sciences)ChinaChinaIntellectual life1976-ScienceSocial aspectsScientistsElite (Social sciences)306.450951331.7/615/0951331.7615095171.30bclCao Cong1959-1685847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806186503321China's scientific elite4058296UNINA