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Author: Shin Arita ,
Shinil Cho
Publisher: University of Tokyo Press
Imprint: University of Tokyo Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9784130572019
ISBN 10: 4130572016
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 January 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Language: English
Reviews
East Asia is a hot spot where people's educational enthusiasm is realized in rigorous competition for academic credentials; an outcome of which is students' higher academic performances in international comparisons. South Korea is a country with a well-known intensive academic meritocracy. Does the academic meritocracy, however, accurately reflect the reality of the society? How is an 'objective' condition of the effect of academic credentials on one's socioeconomic status converted into a 'subjective' condition of the effect of one's academic credentials? Shin Arita, a comparative sociologist, renders cogent answers to these questions though his comprehensive quantitative analyses, which uncover accurate figures of Korean meritocracy. Readers can learn from Arita's thorough investigations what roles education plays in shaping social stratification in a rapidly modernized society. This is a must-read book for those who are interested in the evolution of meritocracy. -- Takehiko Kariya, University of Oxford, author of <i>Education Reform and Social Class in Japan</i>
East Asia is a hot spot where people's educational enthusiasm is realized in rigorous competition for academic credentials; an outcome of which is students' higher academic performances in international comparisons. South Korea is a country with a well-known intensive academic meritocracy. Does the academic meritocracy, however, accurately reflect the reality of the society? How is an 'objective' condition of the effect of academic credentials on one's socioeconomic status converted into a 'subjective' condition of the effect of one's academic credentials? Shin Arita, a comparative sociologist, renders cogent answers to these questions though his comprehensive quantitative analyses, which uncover accurate figures of Korean meritocracy. Readers can learn from Arita's thorough investigations what roles education plays in shaping social stratification in a rapidly modernized society. This is a must-read book for those who are interested in the evolution of meritocracy.--Takehiko Kariya, University of Oxford, author of Education Reform and Social Class in Japan
East Asia is a hot spot where people’s educational enthusiasm is realized in rigorous competition for academic credentials; an outcome of which is students’ higher academic performances in international comparisons. South Korea is a country with a well-known intensive academic meritocracy. Does the academic meritocracy, however, accurately reflect the reality of the society? How is an ‘objective’ condition of the effect of academic credentials on one’s socioeconomic status converted into a ‘subjective’ condition of the effect of one’s academic credentials? Shin Arita, a comparative sociologist, renders cogent answers to these questions though his comprehensive quantitative analyses, which uncover accurate figures of Korean meritocracy. Readers can learn from Arita’s thorough investigations what roles education plays in shaping social stratification in a rapidly modernized society. This is a must-read book for those who are interested in the evolution of meritocracy. -- Takehiko Kariya, University of Oxford, author of <i>Education Reform and Social Class in Japan</i>
Author Information
Shin Arita is a professor at the Unversity of Tokyo.
