The time inheritors : how inherited time inequalities shape higher education mobility in China / Cora Lingling Xu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xu, Cora Lingling, author.

Series:

SUNY Series, Education in Global Perspectives Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2025]

Summary:

Reveals the role of time in reproducing inequalities as students navigate rural-to-urban, cross-border, and transnational higher education.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Significance of Inherited Time

Inheritance and Time

Education Mobility and Time Inequalities

Time in Migration and Education Studies Research

Data Sets

Data Set 1

Data Set 2

Data Set 3

Data Set 4

Class in China and Differentiated Social Origins

Class in Mainland China

Class in Hong Kong

Differentiated Social Origins

Places of Origin and Familial Socioeconomic Backgrounds

Parents' Education Levels and Familial Social Networks

Structure of the Book

List of Acronyms

Presentation Style

Part I: Theorization of Time Inheritance and Education Mobility

1. Time Inheritance, Banked Time, and Borrowed Time

Time of Action in Education Mobility

The State's Temporal Classification and Politics of Time

China's State Victimhood and Political Unification

China's Domestic Hierarchies of Temporal Inequalities

Place Hierarchy

Urban-Rural Dichotomy and Unequal Time Inheritance

Uneven Regional and City Developments and Ethnic Hierarchy

The Global Temporal Classification and China's Position

Globally Classified Higher Education Arena

Time in Action

Bourdieu's Temporalization and Capital/Time Accumulation

Capital as Accumulated Labor Time: Foundational Theorization of Time Inheritance

Time Inheritance and Education Mobility

A Framework Encompassing Temporal Structures and Agency

Time Inheritance: A Conceptual Contribution and the Book's Central Argument

The Advantaged Time Inheritors and Banked Time

The Disadvantaged Time Inheritors and Borrowed Time

Time Inheritance: Not a Mechanistic Determinism

2. Education as Debt Accumulation or Entitlement

Education as a Gift and Debt

Education Pursuits as Debt Accumulation

Education as an Entitlement.

3. Education Mobility as Fate Changing

Escaping Differentiated Doomed Futures

Fate One: Struggling at the Bottom of Society

Fate Two: Becoming Unemployed or Underemployed

Fate Three: Getting a "Worthless" Degree

Different Fates, Same Strategy of Education Mobility

Part II: How Time Inheritance Reproduces Inequalities

4. Visions of Decisions: From Self-Sabotage to Path Paving

Time Inheritance at the National Level: Rural-Urban and Higher Education Inequalities

Self-Sabotaging Decisions? Unequal Time Inheritance for the Rural-Origin Youth

Familial Path Paving

"It's a Family Tradition"

5. Time-Shaped Dispositions: From Debt-Paying Mentality to Sense of Entitlement

Time Poverty and Time Interest

"My 24 Hours Are Not Enough": Lawrence's Story

Premature Debt Collection: The Cases of Su and Meng

Time Entitlement and Time Freedom

"Take Your Time to Explore the World": Mr. Yue's Account

Kenlao and Time Freedom

6. Time-Induced Consequences: From "Squandering" Labor Time to Achieving Work-life Balance

Diligence and Time Squandering

"Three Shifts per Day, Seven Days a Week"

"No Time to Date"

Surviving, Not Living

Balance

"Paddling Water": "No Desire, No Striving"

No Overtime Work, Ever!

Being in Control of Work Time

Time Freedom and Work-Life Balance

7. Time Use: From Wasted Time to Gained Time

Wasted Time

The Qualification Trap

The Survival Trap

Gained Time

Leave of Absence: A Bought Time Vessel

Gap Year(s)

8. Shades of Career: From Being Trapped in Precarity to Making Bold Career Moves

Trapped in Precarity

Bold Career Moves

From Kitchen Hand to Programmer: Lingshan's Story

From Boring and Repetitive Jobs to Dream Careers: "Timed" Gratification

Summary of Part II: Observed Mechanisms of Inequality Reproduction Through Time Inheritance.

Part III: How Time Inheritance Transforms Inequalities

9. Not a Mechanistic Determinism: From Unqualified Inheritors to Zealous Parvenus

Zealous Parvenus: Field-Dependent Time Inheritance

When National-Level Stigma Turns Into Global-Level Distinction

Inadvertent Future Orientation: Present Focus as a Temporal Merit

When Perpetual Marginal Positions Turn Into Career Wealth

English: A Temporal Accelerator?

Unqualified Inheritors: Conditions of Time Inheritance

Unqualified Time Inheritors: Academic "Failures"

Urged to Return: Expiry Date and Location Limits of Time Inheritance

10. City-Bound Time Inequalities

China's City Tiers

Unequal Time Across City Tiers

Global Time Inequalities Across Cities

New York: The Pulse of Our Time

UK Versus Singapore: Opting for the World's Finance Center

Unequal Time Across Global Western Cities and First-Tier Cities in China

11. Political Time: Different Inheritances, Similar Prices

Political Time Inequalities and Time Inheritance

Political Time Wealth: A Vanishing Colonial Legacy in Hong Kong

Political Time Wealth: An Apolitical Environment in the Mainland

When Political Time Wealth Turns Into Deficit 1: Hong Kong Students in Mainland China

Political Time Carriers and Tokens

Political Threats?

When Political Time Wealth Turns Into Deficit 2: Mainland Students in Hong Kong

When Political Capital Becomes Political Liability

Political Outsiders: Complete Rejection of Politics

Political Time Inheritance: A Complex Mechanism

Summary of Part III

Conclusion: Moving Beyond Bourdieu: A Road Map for Global Time Inheritance Research

Homage to Bourdieu

Gendered Time Inheritance

Intersectional Time Inheritance: A Research Road Map

Policy Implications

Implication 1

Implication 2

Key Contributions.

Appendix: Participant Profiles

Urban Students Who Studied in Hong Kong: Table 1 of 2

Urban Students Who Studied in Hong Kong: Table 2 of 2

Focus Group Participants Who Were From Hong Kong: Table 1 of 2

Focus Group Participants Who Were From Hong Kong: Table 2 of 2

Hong Kong Students in Mainland China: Table 1 of 2

Hong Kong Students in Mainland China: Table 2 of 2

Rural-Origin Participants: Table 1 of 3

Rural-Origin Participants: Table 2 of 3

Rural-Origin Participants: Table 3 of 3

Urban Students Who Studied in the UK: Table 1 of 2

Urban Students Who Studied in the UK: Table 2 of 2

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798855801927

OCLC:

1511110741