Inequality in Public School Admission in Urban China Discourses, Practices and New Solutions /

• Main Author: Liu, Jing (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 43
• Subjects: International education .; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

This book explores and interprets discourses and practices in school admissions to public lower secondary education in urban China by utilizing a discourse analysis approach and a case study method. It identifies continuities and changes in discourses shaped by diverse forces in public lower seconda...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 A Critical Definition of Zexiao
• Chapter 3 Public Discourses on Zexiao
• Chapter 4 Where there is a policy, there is a countermeasure
• Chapter 5 The Key Schools and Zexiao
• Chapter 6 Competition of Family Background with Local Characteristics
• Chapter 7 Admission to Public Lower Secondary Schools as Social Closures
• Chapter 8 New Solutions for Zexiao
• Chapter 9 Conclusion.