The Meaning of Citizenship in Contemporary Chinese Society

An Empirical Study through Western Lens
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-10-6321-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3967 g

Reihe: Governance and Citizenship in Asia

This book is a direct and empirical response to the mounting official interest in citizenship education, increasing dynamics between state and society, and growing citizenship awareness and practice in society in contemporary China. Placing the focus on society, the book investigates the meaning of the Chinese term gongmin – equivalent to ‘citizen’ – in non-official media discourses and in university students’ and migrant workers’ perceptions, through the constructed analytical lens of Western citizenship conception. By laying out the complex details of how the meaning of the term resembles and deviates in and between collective social discourses and individual citizens’ understandings with reference to state discourses, the book makes clear that there is discrepancy in the meaning of gongmin between state and society and that the meaning varies in contemporary Chinese society.

Cutting across multiple topics, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in Chinese citizenship, East-West citizenship, citizenship education, the media, university students and migrant workers in China.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chen, Sicong

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction: Citizenship, Education, East and West.- Part I The Western Lens and the State Factor.- Chapter 2 Evolving Citizenship Conception in the West.- Chapter 3 Citizenship and the State in Contemporary China.- Part II The Meaning of Gongmin in Society.- Chapter 4 Gongmin as Identity.- Chapter 5 Rights and Responsibilities of Gongmin.- Chapter 6 Gongmin and Participation.- Chapter 7 From Gongmin to Citizenship and Citizenship Education.- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Possible Change, Necessary Work.

Über Autor(innen)

Sicong Chen is a lecturer at Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Japan. He holds a BA in Chinese Han Language and Literature from Jinan University (Guangzhou, China), an MA in Citizenship and Global Education from the University of York (York, UK) and a PhD in Human Sciences from Osaka University (Osaka, Japan). His research keywords are East-West citizenship, global citizenship, and citizenship education.