Cultural Exclusion in China - State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

Informationen zum Autor Lin Yi is Associate Professor of Sociology at Xiamen University. His current research focuses upon culture, inequality and boundaries, with particular reference to class, ethnicity and globalization. Lin’s articles have appeared in such journals as China Quarterly and Japanese Journal of Political Science . Klappentext This book, based on extensive original research, explores cultural exclusion in China, in particular with regard to ethnic minorities, demonstrating how educational inequality and cultural exclusion lie at the root of the widely recognised problems of poverty and economic inequality. Zusammenfassung This book, based on extensive original research, explores cultural exclusion in China, in particular with regard to ethnic minorities, demonstrating how educational inequality and cultural exclusion lie at the root of the widely recognised problems of poverty and economic inequality. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Trajectories of Chinese Culturalism and its Educational Legacy 3. Ethnicization through Schooling: The Mainstream Discursive Repertoires of Ethnic Minority Cultures 4. Choosing between ‘Ordinary’ and Minorities: The Tibetan Case 5. The Social Engagement of ‘Familiar Strangers’: The Muslim Case 6. Conclusion Postscript: Promoting Education by NGOs?

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lin Yi, Lin (Xiamen University Yi, Yi Lin
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 20.06.2008
• EAN: 9780415457613
• ISBN: 978-0-415-45761-3
• Seiten: 182
• Serien: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia; Comparative Development and Po; Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Moral and social purpose of education, Society and culture: general, Development Studies, Multicultural education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General