Introduction; A. Maxwell Hill & M. Zhou PART I: DEBATING CHINA'S POSITIVE POLICIES: HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE Mandarins Marxists and Minorities; W. Connor Tracking the Historical Development of China's Positive Policies or Preferential Policies for Minority Education: Continuities and Discontinuities; M. Zhou Minority Policies and Equality in College Admission Examinations in China; T. Wang Preferential Policies for Ethnic Minorities and Equality in Higher Education in China; X. Teng & X. Ma Yunnan's Preferential Policies in Minority Education Since the 1980s: Retrospect and Prospects; Y. Dai & C. Xu PART II: BETWEEN STATE EDUCATION AND LOCAL CULTURES Compulsory Education in the Eastern Tibetan Areas: A Field Survey in Kangding and Machu Counties; Gelek Tibetan Students Perspectives on/ Neidi/ Schools; G. Postiglione B. Jiao & N. Tsering School Consolidation in Rural Sichuan: Quality Vs. Equality; C. Y. Chan & S. Harrell PART III: BETWEEN MARKET COMPETITIVENESS AND CULTURAL/LINGUISTIC IDENTITIES The Trade Culture of a Hui Community and Local Education: An Anthropological Case Study; M. Xiaoyi Issues of Minority Education in Xinjiang China; R. Ma Using Yugur in Local Schools: Reflections on China's Policy for Minority Language and Education; Z. Ba PART IV: GLOBALIZING THE DISCOURSE ON INEQUALITY AND EDUCATION Natives and Nation: Assimilation and Indigenous Peoples in China and the U. S. ; A. Maxwell Hill Affirmative Action Civil Rights and Racial Preferences in the United States: Some General Observations; E. Hu-DeHart Learning about Equality: Affirmative Action College Admissions and the Law of the United States; D. Edlin. Language: English