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"Law does not come down from heaven": youth legal socialisation approaches in Chinese textbooks of the Xi Jinping Era
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Abstract Schools constitute key sites for legal socialisation, the process whereby youth develop their relationship with the law. Yet, what does legal socialisation entail in the context of an authoritarian party-state such as China? The article examines this question by analysing Chinese citizenship educati... mehr
Schools constitute key sites for legal socialisation, the process whereby youth develop their relationship with the law. Yet, what does legal socialisation entail in the context of an authoritarian party-state such as China? The article examines this question by analysing Chinese citizenship education textbooks of the Xi era. The study finds that China's current textbooks contain elements associated with both a coercive and a consensual approach to legal education. Nonetheless, it is the consensual orientation that receives greater stress, as the books highlight the positive benefits of legal compliance and endorse the idea that youth should advance beyond the external supervisory stage to the self-discipline level of legal consciousness. Reflecting the attempt of the Chinese Communist Party leadership to draw on legality as a key source of legitimacy, this approach is nonetheless undermined by the propagandist tone of the textbooks and their ambiguous messages regarding citizens' ability to challenge China's existing laws.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
China; Jugendlicher; junger Erwachsener; Recht; Sozialisation; politische Bildung; Schule; Lehrbuch; Rechtsbewusstsein; Meinungsbildung; autoritäres System
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Bürger; Bürgerpflicht; Staatsbürgerpflichten; Verhältnis Bürger - Staat
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 265-291
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 51 (2022) 2
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)