{"product_id":"governing-educational-desire-9780226437538","title":"Governing Educational Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat parents in China greatly value higher education for their children is a well-known aspect of contemporary Chinese culture, but the intensity and effects of their desire to achieve this goal have largely gone unexamined. This title explores this universal desire for a college education and its vast consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kipnis convincingly demonstrates how crucial education is for shaping the strategies, dreams, and desires of Chinese families. But the main contribution of this book is the way it manages to place this educational desire in a larger context of how China is governed and in a comparative framework that shows Chinese students' feverish desire for education as part of a global phenomenon that cannot be reduced to Chinese, or even East Asian, cultural peculiarity.\" (Stig Thogersen, Aarhus University)\"","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036539715927,"sku":"9780226437538","price":112.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226437538.jpg?v=1750932314","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/governing-educational-desire-9780226437538","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}