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Authors: Forbes-Mewett, Helen , Nyland, Christopher , Shao, Sijun
Date: 2010
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: International Studies in Sociology of Education Vol. 20, no. 4 (2010), p. 355-373
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Description: Security is an integral component of the relationships that shape the lives of students hosted by foreign countries. International student security became a source of contention between nations in 2008 when China's Government charged that Australia was failing to adequately provide for the safety of Chinese students. We discuss Beck's theorisation of the ‘risk society’ and Clements' notion of balancing risk with opportunity. We draw on interviews undertaken in Beijing to highlight the importance of student security and the need for hosts to accord attention to the views of parents as well as students. Our findings reveal that parents play a major role in the study location decision, tend to accord security greater weight than do students when location is being debated within the family, utilise a range of strategies to keep students secure and believe host governments and institutions have primary responsibility for student well being.

Authors: Shao, Sijun , Nyland, Christopher , Zhu, Jiuhua
Date: 2011
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Industrial Relations Journal Vol. 42, no. 4 (2011), p. 358-374
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Description: This article examines China's approach to industrial consultation by examining six tripartite bodies at the national, provincial and county levels. It argues that the institutionalisation of tripartitism is consistent with China's overall approach to market reform being characterised by experimentalism, gradualism, dynamism and a gradual softening of party domination. Despite limitations, it is accepted that China is building a transition tripartite system that is bolstering the autonomy and representational capacity of the social partners.

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