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Meritocracy and Its Discontents

Zachary M Howlett

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  • 282 sidor
  • 2021
Meritocracy and Its Discontents investigates the wider social, political, religious, and economic dimensions of the Gaokao, China's national college entrance exam, as well as the complications that arise from its existence. Each year, some nine million high school seniors in China take the Gaokao, which determines college admission and provides a direct but difficult route to an urban lifestyle for China's hundreds of millions of rural residents. But with college graduates struggling to find good jobs, some are questioning the exam's legitimacyand, by extension, the fairness of Chinese society. Chronicling the experiences of underprivileged youth, Zachary M. Howlett's research illuminates how people remain captivated by the exam because they regard it as fatefulan event both consequential and undetermined. He finds that the exam enables people both to rebel against the social hierarchy and to achieve recognition within it. In Meritocracy and Its Discontents, Howlett contends that the Gaokao serves as a pivotal rite of passage in which people strive to personify cultural virtues such as diligence, composure, filial devotion, and divine favor.
  • Författare: Zachary M Howlett
  • Illustratör: black and white 2 Charts 12 Halftones
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781501754463
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 282
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2021-04-15
  • Förlag: Cornell University Press