Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China

by Goldman, Merle

• ISBN13: 9780674008434
• ISBN10: 067400843X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-30
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

This collection of essays addresses the meaning and practice of political citizenship in China over the past century, raising the question of whether reform initiatives in citizenship imply movement toward increased democratization. After slow but steady moves toward a new conception of citizenship before 1949, there was a nearly complete reversal during the Mao regime, with a gradual reemergence beginning in the Deng era of concerns with the political rights as well as the duties of citizens. The distinguished contributors to this volume address how citizenship has been understood in China from the late imperial era to the present day, the processes by which citizenship has been fostered or undermined, the influence of the government, the different development of citizenship in mainland China and Taiwan, and the prospects of strengthening citizens' rights in contemporary China. Valuable for its century-long perspective and for placing the historical patterns of Chinese citizenship within the context of European and American experiences, Changing Meanings of Citizenship in Modern China investigates a critical issue for contemporary Chinese society.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Political citizenship in Modern China	1	(22)
Merle Goldman
Elizabeth J. Perry
I Imperial and Republican China
Citizens or Mothers of Citizens? Gender and the Meaning of Modern Chinese Citizenship	23	(21)
Joan Judge
Citizens in the Audience and at the Podium	44	(26)
David Strand
Democratic Calisthenics: The Culture of Urban Associations in the New Republic	70	(40)
Bryna Goodman
Questioning the Modernity of the Model Settlement: Citizenship and Exclusion in Old Shanghai	110	(23)
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
From Paris to the Paris of the East---and Back: Workers as Citizens in Modern Shanghai	133	(26)
Elizabeth J. Perry
II The People's Republic of China
The Reassertion of Political Citizenship in the Post-Mao Era: The Democracy Wall Movement	159	(28)
Merle Goldman
Personality, Biography, and History: How Hu Jiwei Strayed from the Party Path on the Road to Good Citizenship	187	(25)
Judy Polumbaum
Villagers, Elections, and Citizenship	212	(20)
Kevin J. O'Brien
Ethnic Economy of Citizenship in China: Four Approache to Identity Formation	232	(23)
Chih-yu Shih
Do Good Businessmen Make Good Citizens? An Emerging Collective Identity Among China's Private Entrepreneurs	255	(33)
Bruce Dickson
Citizenship, Ideology, and the PRC Constitution	288	(20)
Yu Xingzhong
Law and the Gendered Citizen	308	(22)
Margaret Y. K. Woo
Constructing Citizenship: The NPC as Catalyst for Political Participation	330	(23)
Michael William Dowdle
III Taiwan
Nationalism versus Citizenship in the Republic of China on Taiwan	353	(22)
Shelley Rigger
Notes	375	(82)
Contributors	457