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POLITICAL IDENTITY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: CHINA’S POST-80’S GENERATION
By
Minna Jia
A Dissertation Prepared for the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
(POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS)
May 2013
Object Description
| Title | Political identity and political participation: China's post-80's generation |
| Author | Jia, Minna |
| Author email | jiaminna@gmail.com;jmnpku@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Politics and International Relations |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-08-27 |
| Date submitted | 2013-01-14 |
| Date approved | 2013-01-15 |
| Restricted until | 2013-01-15 |
| Date published | 2013-01-15 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Stanley, Rosen |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Munck, Gerardo Cooper, Eugene |
| Abstract | China's post-80's generation is the group of Chinese youth who live in the urban areas of China and share specific generational characteristics. Born in the 1980s, the members of this generation have begun to play crucial roles in the society and the political system. Studies on their political identity and political participation have become both urgent and significant. This study is trying to answer questions about how this generation defines themselves, whether there is a favorable attitude toward democracy among this generation and, if so, to what extent and in what forms that the post-80's generation participates in the political activities. Using national survey data collected in China in 2010 and interview data collected in 2009, in addition to the World Value Survey data and the Development on Beijing Youth survey data, this study tries to incorporate both the quantitative and qualitative method to explore the political features of the Chinese post-80's generation. The study concludes that there is a high level of nationalism among this generation. The political ideological education and confidence in the Chinese Central Government has contributed to this popular nationalism. Plotted on the left-right political spectrum, Chinese post-80's generation members are oriented to the right on the political system while oriented to the left on the economic issues. The study also finds a favorable attitude exists toward democracy among this generation. Furthermore, the study points out that the Chinese post-80's generation has great interests in politics and is willing to participate in public affairs. However, the survey data indicate this generation has a low level of electoral participation experiences. Their major form of political participation is articulating their interests on the Internet. |
| Keyword | China's post-80's generation; democracy; political identity; political participation |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Jia, Minna |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume6/etd-JiaMinna-1392.pdf |
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| Full text | 1 POLITICAL IDENTITY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: CHINA’S POST-80’S GENERATION By Minna Jia A Dissertation Prepared for the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy (POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS) May 2013 |
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