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200 10$aChina's scientific elite$b[electronic resource] /$fCong Cao
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (269 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ;$v21
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-249) and index.
327   $aCover; 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; Index
330   $aChina'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 so
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