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‘Othering’ in the Construction of Chinese Citizenship

Jakimów, Małgorzata; Barabantseva, Elena

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Authors

Elena Barabantseva



Contributors

Lion König
Editor

Bidisha Chaudhuri
Editor

Abstract

The majority of scholarly analyses of citizenship in China in the reform period have equalled citizenship with rights-endowed belonging to the Chinese state. This understanding of citizenship emphasises the role of civil, political and social rights on the one hand, and its state territory-bound character on the other. The distribution of rights within the PRC, and the dichotomous relationship between state and society have been central to the examinations of citizenship regime in the post-Maoist China. In this chapter we argue that the focus on rights and state territory does not take into account the ambiguity of the PRC’s citizenship regime, which engenders multiple expressions of belonging cutting across the territorial limits of the Chinese state. We discuss the negotiations of citizenship of ethnic minorities and rural migrants to illustrate how belonging to the Chinese state has been formulated in conversation and tension with the global developments of citizenship concept, neoliberal transformations, and the legacies of China’ imperial, semi-colonial, and socialist history.

Citation

Jakimów, M., & Barabantseva, E. (2016). ‘Othering’ in the Construction of Chinese Citizenship. In L. König, & B. Chaudhuri (Eds.), Politics of the 'other' in India and China : western concepts in non-western contexts. Routledge

Acceptance Date Apr 23, 2014
Online Publication Date Feb 18, 2016
Publication Date Feb 18, 2016
Deposit Date Sep 13, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Publisher Routledge
Series Title Routledge contemporary Asia series
Book Title Politics of the 'other' in India and China : western concepts in non-western contexts.
Chapter Number 12
Publisher URL https://www.routledge.com/9781138851184
Related Public URLs http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/94934

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Politics of the 'Other' in India and China: Western Concepts in Non-Western Contexts on 18 Feb 2016, available online: https://www.routledge.com/9781138851184




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