Full Description
Bringing a new dimension to the study of citizenship, Chinese Citizenship examines how individuals at the margins of Chinese society deal with state efforts to transform them into model citizens in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Based on extensive original research, the authors argue that social and cultural citizenship has a greater impact on people's lives than legal, civil and political citizenship. The seven case studies present intimate portraits of the conflicted identities of peasants, criminals, ethnic minorities, the urban poor, rural migrant children in the cities, mainland migrants in Hong Kong and Chinese youth studying abroad, as they negotiate the perilous dilemmas presented by globalization and neoliberalism.
Drawing on a diverse array of theories and methods from anthropology, sociology, education, political science, cultural studies and development studies, the book presents fresh perspectives and highlights the often devastating consequences that citizenship distinctions can have on Chinese lives.
Contents
Introduction: Chinese Experiences of Citizenship at the Margins 2. Citizenship Education in Rural China: the Dispositional and Technical Training of Cadres and Farmers 3. The Urban Chinese Educational System and the Marginality of Migrant Children 4. Choosing Between Ethnic and Chinese Citizenship: The Educational Trajectories of Tibetan Minority Children in Northwestern China 5. Legal Report: Citizenship Education through a Television Documentary 6. Civilizing Shanghai: Government Efforts to Cultivate Citizenship Among Impoverished Residents 7. Teaching 'Responsibility': Social Workers' Efforts to Turn Chinese Immigrants Into Ideal Hong Kong Citizens 8. Chinese Youth Between the Margins of China and the First World
