Higher Education, Meritocracy and Inequality in China

• Main Author: Liu, Ye (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance,
• Subjects: Education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.

This book investigates the changing opportunities in higher education for different social groups during China’s transition from the socialist regime to a market economy. The first part of the book provides a historical and comparative analysis of the development of the idea of meritocracy, since it...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Origins of Meritocracy in China
• Chapter 2 A Comparative Analysis of Western Meritocracies
• Chapter 3 Education and Social Harmony during the China's Great Transformation
• Chapter 4 The Gaokao as a Meritocratic Selection?
• Chapter 5 Meritocracy, Education Opportunities and Social Stratification
• Chapter 6 Meritocracy and Cultural Capital
• Chapter 7 Meritocracy, Gender and the 'One-Child' Policy
• Chapter 8 Meritocracy and Geographical Stratification
• Chapter 9 Conclusion.