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

by Ji Ruan

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 14.9 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm

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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.
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  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave MacMillan

  • Published

    October 2016

  • Weight

    377g

  • Dimensions

    14.9 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9783319407531

  • ISBN-10

    3319407538

  • Eden Code

    4746105

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