{"product_id":"school-choice-in-china","title":"School Choice in China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Choice in China\u003c\/em\u003e explores the major characteristics of schooling options in China, highlighting how largely middle-class parents exploit their cultural, economic and social capital for their children's admission into choice schools. It highlights how payments such as choice fees, donations, prize-winning certificates and awards, as well as the use of \u003cem\u003eguanxi\u003c\/em\u003e, result in Chinese school choice as a parent-driven, bottom-up movement. The author also explores how schools and local governments cash in on the school choice fever in order to obtain significant economic returns, leading to policies that accommodate the needs of mostly middle-class families. He argues that although this system seems to create winners among the parties involved, it exacerbates the educational inequality that already exists in Chinese society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChapters include:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePositional competition for cultural capital\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eExploitation of social capital\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eEconomics of school choice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eClass reproduction through parental choice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is not simply a detailed analysis of Chinese school choice practices, but also a study of the competitive middle class search for advantage for their children. As such it will be beneficial to undergraduates, postgraduates, education professionals, policy makers, and anyone with an interest in education, sociology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, social policy, and the rise and future of China\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54234488045912,"sku":"9780415817691","price":198.4,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415817691.jpg?v=1777251633","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/school-choice-in-china","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}