Education And Social Change in China Inequality in a Market Economy

Market reform, financial decentralization, and economic globalization have greatly accentuated China's social and regional inequalities. Education is expected to address these inequalities in a context of rapid social change, but some argue that state policies have not sufficiently addressed inequitable practices, and that schools actually perpetuate and reproduce inequities, giving rise to a new system of social stratification driven more by market forces than socialist principles. Featuring original, previously unpublished material, this volume examines that argument through analysis of selected aspects of educational stratification in China during the reform era. Chapters focus on the new urban middle class, poor rural residents, the migrant population in urban areas, rural girls, and ethnic minorities.Postiglione, Gerard A. is the author of 'Education And Social Change in China Inequality in a Market Economy' with ISBN 9780765614773 and ISBN 0765614774.