Meritocracy and Its Discontents : : Anxiety and the National College Entrance Exam in China / / Zachary M. Howlett.
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 Gaok...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translation and Orthography
- Selected Twentieth-Century Timeline
- Prologue: The Final Battle
- 1 A FATEFUL RITE OF PASSAGE The Gaokao and the Myth of Meritocracy
- 2 MOBILITY, TIME, AND VALUE The High Stakes of Examination and 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 MAGIC AND MERITOCRACY Popular-Religious Responses to Examination Anxiety
- Epilogue LOST AND CONFUSED
- Notes
- References
- Index