Theorizing Chinese Citizenship

This volume theorizes the concept of citizenship in contemporary China by probing into the formation of Chinese citizenship and synthesizing the practices of citizenship by different social groups. The first section, "Imagining Chinese Citizenship," analyses how Chinese citizenship was first imagined by means of translation and education at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Chinese citizenship was then compared with the concept of Western citizenship and that of other Asian countries. The second section, "Citizenship of Chinese Migrant Workers," explains the citizenship status of migrant workers by discussing the relationship between household registration (hukou) system and citizenship of the migrant workers, showing how migrant workers contest their citizenship rights and categorizing the resistance of migrant workers from the perspective of citizenship. Finally, the last section, "Chinese Citizenship Education," discusses the conditions and challenges of citizenship education in Chinese schools.

Zhonghua Guo is professor of political science at Sun Yat-Sen University.
Sujian Guo is professor of political science at San Francisco State University.

Part 1: Imagining Chinese Citizenship
Chapter 1: The Emergence of Citizen Concept in Modern China: 1899-1919, Zhonghua Guo
Chapter 2: Citizenship in China: A Comparison of Rights with the East and West, Thomas Janoski
Chapter 3: Confucianism and Citizenship: A Review of Opposing Conceptualizaions, Canglong Wang
Part 2: Citizenship of Chinese Migrant Workers
Chapter 4: Localized Citizenships: Household Registration as an Internal Citizenship Institution, Samantha Vortherms
Chapter 5: Understanding Citizenship Beyond the Hukou System: The Role of Migrant worker NGOs in Transformation of Citizenship in China, Malgorzata Jakimow
Chapter 6: Rights in Action: The Impact of Chinese Migrant Workers' Resistances on Citizenship Rights, Taihui Guo
Part 3: Citizenship of the Chinese Middle Class
Chapter 7: Self-empowerment and Public Participation: How does a Middle-class Oriented Group Influence Local Government Decision-making in Urban China, Yihan Xiong
Chapter 8: The Politics of Citizenship Formation: Homeowners' Collective Action in Urban Beijing, Ying Xia and Bing Guan
Part 4: Chinese Citizenship Education
Chapter 9: Theorizing Citizenship as Discursive Practice: Chinese Students Talk about Citizenship, Kerry Kennedy, Hui Li, and Zhenzhou Zhao
Chapter 10: Modernity, Mobility, and Dilemma: The Making of Tibetan Cultural Citizenship through an English Training Program, Yi Lin