Theorizing Chinese Citizenship

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

It would be easy for those not intimately acquainted with China to assume that the idea of citizenship is irrelevant… This lively and theoretically innovative collection of essays proves otherwise. It is an important read not only for students of Chinese politics and society, but also for those interested in the state–society relations of non-democratic countries more broadly…. In sum, this book contributes to a variety of ongoing debates in the field of Chinese studies, citizenship studies and political sociology…[I]t is a rich collection of materials and perspectives on the ways in which individuals and groups interact with the authorities in contemporary China.