Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China The Rise of Ritual Capital

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...

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Autor principal: Ruan, Ji (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2017.
Colección:Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:IX, 194 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783319407548