This article compares the relative importance of political capital (in the form of membership in the Chinese Communist Party) and human capital (in the form of higher education) in urban China. Survey data from urban China strongly support two key elements of the intellectual New Class theory: intellectuals will have privileged access into the party, and the importance of education relative to political reliability will increase over time. The data also show how political capital and human capital are converted into high paying and prestigious jobs. There is also evidence of a separate path of career mobility: for the most socially prestigious jobs, a college degree—not a party card—is the key. Economic reforms of the post-Mao era are creat...
This article attempts to investigate the relationship between the massification of higher education,...
The expansion of China\u27s middle class since the late 1970s has inspired some political scientists...
In China‘s expanded higher education, middle and upper middle class students continue to outpace tho...
Over the past two decades, China has experienced rapid economic growth, which has fundamentally alte...
This paper examines the Communist Party's recruitment process and its impact on social inequality in...
August, 2006 (revised November, 2006)This paper, using nationally representative household surveys, ...
This article uses event history analyses to examine how the criteria of political screening and educ...
How does the Communist Party in China recruit its members and reward them? This is the starting poin...
Over the past three decades, economic reforms have brought about dramatic changes in China. The wave...
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have mem...
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have mem...
What are the social characteristics and career trajectories of the Chinese political elite? Scholars...
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have mem...
This paper provides an event history analysis of recruitment into the Chinese Communist Party from 1...
China's class structure is changing dramatically in the wake of post-1978 market-oriented economic r...
This article attempts to investigate the relationship between the massification of higher education,...
The expansion of China\u27s middle class since the late 1970s has inspired some political scientists...
In China‘s expanded higher education, middle and upper middle class students continue to outpace tho...
Over the past two decades, China has experienced rapid economic growth, which has fundamentally alte...
This paper examines the Communist Party's recruitment process and its impact on social inequality in...
August, 2006 (revised November, 2006)This paper, using nationally representative household surveys, ...
This article uses event history analyses to examine how the criteria of political screening and educ...
How does the Communist Party in China recruit its members and reward them? This is the starting poin...
Over the past three decades, economic reforms have brought about dramatic changes in China. The wave...
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have mem...
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have mem...
What are the social characteristics and career trajectories of the Chinese political elite? Scholars...
As the Chinese Communist Party has loosened its grip in a more market-oriented economy, why have mem...
This paper provides an event history analysis of recruitment into the Chinese Communist Party from 1...
China's class structure is changing dramatically in the wake of post-1978 market-oriented economic r...
This article attempts to investigate the relationship between the massification of higher education,...
The expansion of China\u27s middle class since the late 1970s has inspired some political scientists...
In China‘s expanded higher education, middle and upper middle class students continue to outpace tho...