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Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China The Rise of Ritual Capital
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Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China [electronic resource] : The Rise of Ritual Capital / by Ji Ruan.
ISBN
9783319407548
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Physical Description
IX, 194 p. : online resource.
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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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Language
English
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December 01, 2016
Series
Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
Contents
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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