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

Tian, Felicia F. and Jing, Yongchao 2021. The reproduction of working class? Social mobility and the stratification of parenting practice in urban Chinese families. The Journal of Chinese Sociology 8 (1) , 12. 10.1186/s40711-021-00147-w

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	2198-2635
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 March 2024
Date of Acceptance:	31 March 2021
Last Modified:	21 Mar 2024 09:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/167010

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