Education and Social Inequality in ChinaElite Groups Perpetuating Their Privileged Status

At a time of growing economic and social inequality in China, there is a tendency to invoke education as a great leveller but that rose-tinted view fails to take cognisance of the role of entrenched vested interests which are in fact nurturing educational disparities precisely because education helps to perpetuate them. Current arrangements in education in China can thus hardly help achieve or promote a harmonious society.

Le village du ZhejiangLes communautés de provinciaux dans les grandes villes : conflits et intégration

Life and Death of Zhejiang VillageCommunities of Provincials in the Large Cities: Conflicts and Integration