Role Differentiation in Chinese Higher Education: Tensions between Political Socialization and Academic Autonomy

This book examines tensions between the Chinese state and Chinese universities. It looks at the state’s demand for political socialization as a restriction on university autonomy and the university’s promotion of academic development through promoting academic freedom and fostering critical thinkers, using Jour University in PRC, as a case study.

The book focuses on the dynamics and complexity of the interplay between the state, universities, faculty, staff and students in the process of ...