Machine generated contents note: 1. Setting the scene
Introduction
Social stratification in Chinese transitional society
Chinese education system
Relevant research in China
Relevant research in Western countries
Research methodology
Theoretic debates in Chinese studies
Why use Bourdieu's theory in China?
Conceptual framework
Structure of the book
2. Class and higher education choice
Introduction
Educational expectations of parents and students
Middle-class cultural capital and its influences
Middle-class focus on campus culture when making choices
Working-class parents trying their best under difficult circumstances
Conclusions
3. Gender and higher education choice
Introduction
Gender differences in parental involvement
Gender and mothers' involvement
Gender and fathers' involvement
Conclusions
4. Cultural capital and class strategy: how middle-class mothers make cultural capital work
Introduction
Results of ordinal logistic regression of students' study scores
Cultural capital and its influences
The ways in which middle-class mothers make family cultural capital work
Working-class mothers' educational involvement in difficult circumstances
Conclusions
5. Capital and social stratification: four social factions within the middle classes
Introduction
Cultural capital and social stratification
Economic capital and choice strategy
Social capital and choice-making
Intra-class differences: the four factions within the middle classes in China
Conclusions
6. Habitus and the reproduction of cultural capital
Introduction
Middle-class familial habitus
Working-class familial habitus
Institutional habitus and its influences
Habitus and the inheritance of cultural capital
Conclusions
7. Contributions and conclusions
Findings of the research
Application of Bourdieu's theoretical framework in the Chinese context
Implications for future research
Implications for educational policy and practices.