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Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China [electronic resource] : the Rise of Ritual Capital / by Ji Ruan.

Ruan, Ji, author.
2017
LC189-214.53
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Title
Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China [electronic resource] : the Rise of Ritual Capital / by Ji Ruan.
Author
Ruan, Ji, author.
ISBN
9783319407548
3319407546
3319407538
9783319407531
9783319407531
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40754-8
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (IX, 194 pages) : online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-40754-8 doi
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LC189-214.53
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.43
Summary
This book focuses on the use of guanxi (Chinese personal connections) in everyday urban life: in particular, how and why people develop different types of social capital in their guanxi networks and the role of guanxi in school choice. Guanxi takes on a special significance in Chinese societies, and is widely-discussed and intensely-studied phenomenon today. In recent years in China, the phenomenon of parents using guanxi to acquire school places for their children has been frequently reported by the media, against the background of the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on corruption. From a sociological perspective, this book reveals how and why parents manage to do so. Ritual capital refers to an individual's ability to use ritual to benefit and gain resources from guanxi.
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Palgrave studies on Chinese education in a global perspective.
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Introduction
Chapter 1. Using Guanxi to Gain School Places
Chapter 2. Guanxi and Social Capital
Chapter 3. How is Guanxi Used?
Chapter 4. Why is Guanxi Used?
Chapter 5. Ritual Capital
Chapter 6. A Weak-Strong-Weak Pattern
Chapter 7. Trust in Ritual Capital
Chapter 8. Conclusion.

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