Higher education choice in China : social stratification, gender and educational inequality
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Higher education choice in China : social stratification, gender and educational inequality
(Routledge research in Asian education)
Routledge, 2014
- : hbk
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
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  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Much of the existing research on parental involvement and higher education choice examines the difference between the working class and the middle class, but little literature looks at different factions within the social classes. This book discusses higher education choice in China, particularly through the examination of social issues such as social stratification, parental involvement, and gender and educational inequality.
Drawing from an empirical study based on Bourdieu's theory, the book explores both inter-class and intra-class differences in China, providing an insight into how social class differences influence a number of issues, including:
educational equality
the role parents, especially mothers, play in higher education decision-making
the relationship between traditional cultural norms
gendered relationships within Chinese families.
The sociology of higher education choices are derived through feedback from various sources, including both parents and students themselves. The book will be key reading for postgraduates and researchers in the fields of sociology, sociology of education, Chinese studies and Asian studies.
Table of Contents
1. Setting the Scene 2. Class and Higher Education Choice 3. Gender and Higher Education Choice 4. Cultural Capital and Class Strategy: How Middle-Class Mothers Make Cultural Capital Work 5. Capital and Social Stratification: Four Social Fractions within Middle Classes 6. Habitus and the Reproduction of Cultural Capital 7. Contributions and Conclusions
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