The reproduction of working class? Social mobility and the stratification of parenting practice in urban Chinese families

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Felicia F. Tian¹  Yongchao Jing² 

[1] Department of Sociology, Fudan University, 1136 Wenke Building, 220 Handan Road, Yangpu District, 200433, Shanghai, China;Department of Sociology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK;

关键词: Social mobility;    Parenting practice;    Class boundary;    Cultural capital;    Class origin;    Class destination;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40711-021-00147-w

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Parenting practice, an embodied cultural capital, is class based. The findings of this study showed that in urban Chinese families, the middle class was inclined to adopt the practice of concerted cultivation while the working class was inclined to adopt the practice of natural growth. However, those who were born in working-class families but were able to achieve upward mobility to the middle class were more likely to adopt similar practices to those who stayed in the middle class; those who were born in middle-class families but moved downward were able to retain some aspects of parenting practices similar to those who stayed in the middle class. The findings of the unbalanced reproduction of parenting practice do not support the argument that class boundaries have solidified in Chinese society.

【 授权许可】

CC BY