Guanxi, Social Capital and School Choice in China

The Rise of Ritual Capital

Ji Ruan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 194 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-82174-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Ji Ruan is Lecturer at Hanshan Normal University, China. His research interests include Educational Sociology and Elderly Studies.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
Zusatzinfo	IX, 194 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	2703 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	China • Chinese personal connections • Confucianism • Corruption • Parents • renqing • Ritual • school selection • Trust
ISBN-10	3-319-82174-1 / 3319821741
ISBN-13	978-3-319-82174-0 / 9783319821740
Zustand	Neuware