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 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