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Title: Compliant, Cynical, or Critical: Chinese Youth's Explanations of Social Problems and Individual Civic Responsibility
Language: English
Authors: Zhao, Xu, Haste, Helen, Selman, Robert L., Luan, Ziyan
Source: Youth & Society. Nov 2017 49(8):1123-1148.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 26
Publication Date: 2017
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Social Problems, Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Focus Groups, Student Attitudes, Compliance (Psychology), Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Criticism, Power Structure, Government Role, Social Systems, Secondary School Students, Grounded Theory
Geographic Terms: China, China (Shanghai)
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X14559504
ISSN: 0044-118X
Abstract: This article explores how school-aged Chinese youth make meaning of the civic roles of citizens in the context of a society with a powerful one-party government. We examined how 16 focus groups (N = 64) of adolescents from urban and rural schools in Shanghai and Nantong talked about the causes and solutions of social problems facing China. Our analysis revealed a broad range of explanations of social problems, framed by contrasting narratives about the power relationship between the government and citizens. We explore how two narratives, categorized as cynical and compliant, dominated the group discussions in urban and rural schools, respectively, and how a third narrative, categorized as critical, also emerged.
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Number of References: 55
Entry Date: 2017
Accession Number: EJ1155881
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