{"product_id":"9783319407531","title":"Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective: The Rise of Ritual Capital","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective: The Rise of Ritual Capital\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRuan, Ji\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on the use of \u003ci\u003eguanxi \u003c\/i\u003e(Chinese personal connections) in everyday urban life: in particular, how and why people develop different types of social capital in their \u003ci\u003eguanxi \u003c\/i\u003enetworks and the role of \u003ci\u003eguanxi \u003c\/i\u003ein school choice. \u003ci\u003eGuanxi\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eguanxi\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eguanxi.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-11-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319407531\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-40754-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 194\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448121475212,"sku":"9783319407531","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319407531.jpg?v=1775921262","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783319407531","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}