The Construction and Performance of Citizenship in Contemporary China. Issue 138 (2nd November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hsu, Carolyn L.; Teets, Jessica C.; Hasmath, Reza; Hsu, Jennifer Y. J.; Hildebrandt, Timothy
• Is Part Of: Journal of contemporary China. Volume 31:Issue 138(2022)
• Page Start: 827
• Page End: 843
• Publication Date: 2022-11-02
• Subjects: China -- Periodicals; China -- Politics and government -- 1976- -- Periodicals; Chine -- Périodiques; Chine -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1976- -- Périodiques; 306.0951
• DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2022.2030993
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1067-0564

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Citizenship education has been an explicit part of the universal education system in contemporary China. Using data from an original nationwide survey conducted in 2018, this study tests the hypothesis that the longer the intensity of exposure to citizenship education, the more citizens are influenced by a state-led conception of citizenship characterized by passive obedience and loyalty to the state. The study finds mixed results in that citizenship education is effective at lower educational levels, but at higher levels it is not only less effective, but instead may foster (or at minimum, does not deter) more active conceptions of citizenship.