Behind the Rising Meritocracy: Market, Politics, and Cultural Change in Urban China
Author(s)
Cao, Yang
Abstract
Three competing theoretical perspectives namely, the market perspective, political perspective and cultural perspective, resulting in a clear trend of rising meritocracy in China in the allocation of rewards and career opportunities are analyzed. The findings of the data collected from two southern Chinese cities, Shanghai and Guangzhou, lend support to the market and cultural perspectives.
