Citizenship Education and Migrant Youth in China: Pathways to the Urban Undercla

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In East Asian economies such as China, recent mass rural-urban migration has created a new urban underclass, as have their children. However, their inclusion in urban public schools is a surprisingly slow process, and youth identities in newly industrialized countries remain largely neglected. Faced with monetary and institutional barriers, the majority of migrant youth attend low-quality or underperforming migrant schools, without access to the free compulsory education enjoyed by their urban counterparts. As a result, China's citizen-building scheme and the sustainability of its labor-intensive economy have greatly impacted global economic restructuring. Using thorough ethnographic research, this volume examines the consequences of urban schooling and citizenship education through which school and social processes contribute to the production of unequal class relations. It explores the nexus of citizenship education and identity-forming practices of poor migrant youth in an attempt to foresee the new class formation in Chinese society. This volume opens up the "black box" of citizenship education in China and examines the effect of school and societal forces on social mobility and life trajectories.

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Miao Li is assistant professor at the School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University, China.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lois Weis Introduction 1. Rural-Urban Migration and the Schooling of Migrant Youth 2. Citizenship Education and Youth Identity 3. Chaotic Schooling: Migrant Youth's Experiences in Green Tree School 4: The "Sunshine Education" of Red River Middle School 5: Shaken Faith in Formal Schooling 6: The Ideology of Individual Efforts: Meritocracy and Education 7: Experiencing the Urban-Rural Dichotomy Conclusion: Citizenship Rights, Identity, and Collective Action

Review

'This meticulously researched ethnography gives vivid insights into the schooling experiences of migrant children in China's burgeoning cities. They are destined to low status occupations and ongoing disadvantage in spite of the rhetoric of individual effort and meritocratic opportunity. Miao Li has effectively adapted social reproduction theories to highlight this harsh underside of China's meteoric rise.' - Ruth Hayhoe, Professor, University of Toronto"Based on substantial ethnographic data, Miao Li depicts the day-to-day interrelations among school staff, teachers, migrant students and their parents, reveals how these influence migrant youth's educational outcomes, their identities and schooling beliefs, and further discusses what the role of urban school is in determining migrant youth's social position."- Mo Wang, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Germany

Review Quote

'This meticulously researched ethnography gives vivid insights into the schooling experiences of migrant children in China's burgeoning cities. They are destined to low status occupations and ongoing disadvantage in spite of the rhetoric of individual effort and meritocratic opportunity. Miao Li has effectively adapted social reproduction theories to highlight this harsh underside of China's meteoric rise.'- Ruth Hayhoe, Professor, University of Toronto

Details ISBN1138084794 Author Miao Li Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2017 ISBN-10 1138084794 ISBN-13 9781138084797 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Subtitle Pathways to the Urban Underclass Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 371.8269120951 Illustrations 3 Tables, black and white Pages 256 Short Title Citizenship Education and Migrant Youth in China Language English AU Release Date 2017-05-18 NZ Release Date 2017-05-18 Publication Date 2017-05-18 UK Release Date 2017-05-18 Series Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education Alternative 9780415742382 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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