@inbook{a1fa05a7abc340218f9e3c549058ef28,
title = "Introduction",
abstract = "The introduction briefly examines the context of Zexiao in public junior high school admission in China. Then it explains data collection and data analysis in the book project. It introduces a conceptual framework to explain why and how the author interprets Zexiao as a social closure phenomenon by a discourse analysis approach. Also, it comprehensively introduces how the author utilizes a case study of practices in admission to public junior high schools in Community A to further visualize multilayered social closures among stakeholders in the same process. This section concludes with an outline of the chapters of the book.",
author = "Jing Liu",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-10-8718-9_1",
language = "English",
series = "Education in the Asia-Pacific Region",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "1--27",
booktitle = "Education in the Asia-Pacific Region",
address = "United States",
}