
Urban and Rural Students' Access to Elite Chinese Universities
Contextualising Bourdieu in China
Yanru Xu(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. December 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
180 pages
978-1-032-38388-0 (ISBN)
Description
Studies have shown the disparities between urban and rural students accessing elite universities in China, a phenomenon which Xu explores in this groundbreaking book.
She argues that such disparities follow a Bourdieusian capital approach showing how urban parents increased capital benefits the advancement of their children's education. This book qualitatively explores urban and rural students' life stories prior to their elite university entry through interviews with both parents and students. It seeks a 'reflective reappropriation' of Bourdieu's notions in understanding Chinese urban and rural students' academic success. In addition to the implications for Chinese domestic and international scholars' understanding of the mediating role of rurality, higher education access, and Chinese policy makers' ongoing initiatives on the hukou reform, this book promotes the global reflections on the development and promotion of national analytical concepts in understanding contextualised educational issues to advance knowledge co-production.
This engaging text will be of interest to students and researchers across the fields of global higher education and sociology of education in East Asia, as well as policymakers working towards increased participation, equity and social justice in higher education worldwide.
She argues that such disparities follow a Bourdieusian capital approach showing how urban parents increased capital benefits the advancement of their children's education. This book qualitatively explores urban and rural students' life stories prior to their elite university entry through interviews with both parents and students. It seeks a 'reflective reappropriation' of Bourdieu's notions in understanding Chinese urban and rural students' academic success. In addition to the implications for Chinese domestic and international scholars' understanding of the mediating role of rurality, higher education access, and Chinese policy makers' ongoing initiatives on the hukou reform, this book promotes the global reflections on the development and promotion of national analytical concepts in understanding contextualised educational issues to advance knowledge co-production.
This engaging text will be of interest to students and researchers across the fields of global higher education and sociology of education in East Asia, as well as policymakers working towards increased participation, equity and social justice in higher education worldwide.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 5 s/w Tabellen, 1 s/w Abbildung
5 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-38388-0 (9781032383880)
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Urban and Rural Students' Access to Elite Chinese Universities
Contextualising Bourdieu in China
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Person
Yanru Xu is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy and Management at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Content
Introduction 1. Setting the Scene of this Book 2. Research Design of this Book 3. Urban and Rural Educational Disparities in China 4. Bourdieu's Capital Approach and its Challenges in a Chinese Urban-Rural Educational Context 5. The Stories of Two Trajectories, One Destination 6. Understanding Urban and Rural Students' Access to Chinese Elite Universities 7. Conclusion