Social equity and equity in higher education: A comparison of the liberal Anglo-American and Chinese political cultures |
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| Institution: | 1. Unit of Research Studies and Indicators, National Institute of Educational Evaluation, Uruguay;2. Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Belgium;1. Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan;2. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia;1. University of Toronto, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON, M5S 1V6, Canada;2. Universidad del Rosario, Cra. 6 A No. 12 C 13, Bogotá, Colombia;1. Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong;2. Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and the Department of Economics, Lingnan University, Hong Kong;1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Henan University, Kaifeng, China;3. Institute of Sport Sciences, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China;4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;5. International Center for Research in Mathematics Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China |
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| Abstract: | This study compares the ideas of social equity in the liberal Anglo-American and Chinese political cultures and seeks potential hybridisations. Through a conceptual examination of scholarly works, this study identifies differences and similarities of social equity between the two political cultures. A common conceptual bridge, deriving from the comparison and hybridisation, is further developed for the discussion of social equity and equity in higher education across the two cultures. The common bridge consists of four constitutes of social equity: political and civil equality, social and economic equality, equality of opportunity and equality of potential and freedom to achieve, the last of which is new hybridity of the two political cultures. This study argues that the hybridity – equality of potential and freedom to achieve – is enlightening to the discussion of equity in higher education as well as social equity across contexts. |
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| Keywords: | Social equity Higher education Liberalism Confucianism Comparison |
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