Education as a Vehicle for Social Reproduction in China?

The Relationship Between Meritocratic Education and Social Reproduction, 1978-present

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211020.279How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Meritocratic education, social reproduction, education system

Abstract

Most of the theories on education and social reproduction in China focus on how the great changes in China’s socio-economic life have led to the improved quality of meritocratic education. This article attempts to answer whether the education system aiming to provide the nation with meritocracy is the reason for social reproduction. We give a literature review on meritocratic education and social inequality using China as a case study and present our research methods and data sources. We present collective evidence and analytical reasoning, reform in the labour market since 1978, Projects 985 and 211, and privatization of education since the late 1990’s. Finally, we argue that there is a negative relationship between meritocratic education and social reproduction.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Su Chen
AU  - HALONEN ANNI MARIA
AU  - Tongfei Liu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - Education as a Vehicle for Social Reproduction in China?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 906
EP  - 910
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211020.279
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.279
ID  - Chen2021
ER  -