Hukou, socio-spatial class, and the strategic citizenship practices of Chinese labour migrants in Australia

IF 1.2 3区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Citizenship Studies Pub Date : 2023-02-23 DOI:10.1080/13621025.2023.2181943

C. Stevens

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ABSTRACT China does not permit dual nationality, meaning migrants in Australia must evaluate the benefits of Chinese versus Australian citizenship. Decisions about competing citizenship statuses are informed not only by this prohibition of dual nationality but also by individuals’ classed positions. By comparing the choices of trade skilled migrants from different backgrounds in China, this paper shows that homeland social class is a key factor in decision-making processes, particularly the uniquely Chinese spatial expression of class manifested through the hukou system and the differential local citizenship this entails. An analysis of representative cases illustrates the complexities of evaluating memberships acquired through migration and nested memberships resulting from local citizenship with China. People from different backgrounds and, importantly, different places in China’s socio-spatial hierarchy value their Chinese legal status differently. The differential effects, both material and symbolic, of membership in or exclusion from urban centres in China form a critical part of individuals’ calculations, over and above the national-level membership within which local hukou citizenship is nested.

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户口、社会空间阶层与澳大利亚中国劳工移民的战略公民实践

中国不允许双重国籍，这意味着在澳大利亚的移民必须评估中国国籍和澳大利亚国籍的好处。关于相互竞争的公民身份的决定，不仅根据禁止双重国籍的规定，而且还根据个人的等级地位。通过对中国不同背景的贸易技术移民的选择进行比较，本文表明，祖国社会阶层是决策过程中的关键因素，特别是中国独特的阶级空间表达，即户籍制度及其所带来的地方公民身份差异。对代表性案例的分析说明了评估通过移民获得的成员资格和由中国当地公民身份产生的嵌套成员资格的复杂性。来自不同背景的人，更重要的是，来自中国不同社会空间阶层的人，对自己在中国法律地位的重视程度也不同。在中国，进入或被排除在城市中心之外的不同影响，无论是物质上的还是象征上的，构成了个人计算的关键部分，超过了地方户口所包含的国家层面的成员身份。

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Citizenship Studies POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： Citizenship Studies publishes internationally recognised scholarly work on contemporary issues in citizenship, human rights and democratic processes from an interdisciplinary perspective covering the fields of politics, sociology, history and cultural studies. It seeks to lead an international debate on the academic analysis of citizenship, and also aims to cross the division between internal and academic and external public debate. The journal focuses on debates that move beyond conventional notions of citizenship, and treats citizenship as a strategic concept that is central in the analysis of identity, participation, empowerment, human rights and the public interest.