Meritocracy and Its Discontents: Anxiety and the National College Entrance Exam in China
Author:   Zachary M. Howlett
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781501754463


Pages:   282
Publication Date:   15 April 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Zachary M. Howlett
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781501754463


ISBN 10:   1501754467
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   15 April 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. A Fateful Rite of Passage: The Gaokao and the Myth of Meritocracy 2. Mobility, Time, and Value: The High Stakes of Examinationand the Ideology of Developmentalism 3. Counterfeit Fairness: State Secrets and the False Confidence of Test Takers 4. Diligence versus Quality: Merit, Inequality, and Urban Hegemony 5. Courage under Fire: The Paradoxical Role of Head Teachers and the Individualizing Moment of Examination 6. MagicandMeritocracy: Popular-ReligiousResponses to Examination Anxiety Epilogue: Lost and Confused

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[Meritocracy and Its Discontents] contributes an important new perspective to the theoretical discussion on what drives the myth of meritocracy, or the machine of misrecognition. Howlett's book is empirically rich, theoretically sophisticated, and very timely to the situation facing China and the world in this historical moment. * Developing Economies *


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Zachary M. Howlett is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale-NUS College at the National University of Singapore

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