Parents in China greatly value higher education for their
children, but the intensity and effects of their desire to achieve
this goal have largely gone unexamined--until now. "Governing
Educational Desire" explores the cultural, political, and economic
origins of Chinese desire for a college education as well as its
vast consequences, which include household and national economic
priorities, birthrates, ethnic relations, and patterns of
governance.
Where does this desire come from? Andrew B. Kipnis approaches this
question in four different ways. First, he investigates the role of
local context by focusing on family and community dynamics in one
Chinese county, Zouping. Then, he widens his scope to examine the
provincial and national governmental policies that affect
educational desire. Next, he explores how contemporary governing
practices were shaped by the Confucian examination system,
uncovering the historical forces at work in the present. Finally,
he looks for the universal in the local, considering the ways
aspects of educational desire in Zouping spread throughout China
and beyond. In doing so, Kipnis provides not only an illuminating
analysis of education in China but also a thought-provoking
reflection on what educational desire can tell us about the
relationship between culture and government.
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