{"product_id":"the-fruits-of-opportunism-noncompliance-and-the-evolution-of-chinas-supplemental-education-industry-paperback","title":"The Fruits of Opportunism: Noncompliance and the Evolution of China's Supplemental Education Industry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLe Lin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organizational factors contributing to the expansion and transformation of China's supplemental education industry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike many parents in the United States, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children's academic performance, are turning to for-profit tutoring businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China's supplemental education industry is now the world's largest and most vibrant for-profit education market, and we can see its influence on the US higher education system: more than 70% of Chinese students studying in American universities have taken test preparation classes for overseas standardized tests. \u003ci\u003eThe Fruits of Opportunism\u003c\/i\u003e offers a much-needed thorough investigation into this industry. This book examines how opportunistic organizations thrived in an ambiguous policy environment and how they catalyzed organizational and institutional changes in this industry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA former insider in China's Education Industry, sociologist Le Lin shows how and why this industry evolved to become a for-profit one dominated by private, formal, nationally operating, and globally financed corporations, despite restrictions the Chinese state placed on the industry. Looking closely at the opportunistic organizations that were founded by marginal entrepreneurs and quickly came to dominate the market, Lin finds that as their non-compliant practices spread across the industry, these opportunistic organizations pushed privatization and marketization from below. The case of China's Education Industry laid out in \u003ci\u003eThe Fruits of Opportunism\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates that while opportunism leaves destruction in its wake, it can also drive the formation and evolution of a market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLe Lin\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of sociology at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783393673504,"sku":"9780226821511","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ce0a5426e9402fcd6cc2e9606ab00172.webp?v=1780586076","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fruits-of-opportunism-noncompliance-and-the-evolution-of-chinas-supplemental-education-industry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}