THESIS
2000
vii, 100, [24] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm
Abstract
Without a clear operational definition, previous empirical studies on Chinese political culture and political attitudes have not systematically revealed human rights consciousness among Chinese people. Also, the underlying factors that may contribute to the development of human consciousness in China have not been identified. This research divides human rights consciousness into three dimensions, namely cognitive (human rights knowledge), affective (prioritization of various human rights) and evaluative (evaluation on the development of various human rights), and specifically examines the human rights consciousness among two social groups, university students and peasants, in China. To determine whether rights assertion behavior is linked to human rights consciousness in China, a rights...[
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Without a clear operational definition, previous empirical studies on Chinese political culture and political attitudes have not systematically revealed human rights consciousness among Chinese people. Also, the underlying factors that may contribute to the development of human consciousness in China have not been identified. This research divides human rights consciousness into three dimensions, namely cognitive (human rights knowledge), affective (prioritization of various human rights) and evaluative (evaluation on the development of various human rights), and specifically examines the human rights consciousness among two social groups, university students and peasants, in China. To determine whether rights assertion behavior is linked to human rights consciousness in China, a rights assertiveness construct has been created. Rights-related experiences in family, education and job were considered possible underlying factors that may influence the development of human rights consciousness in China. Two surveys were implemented, in which seventy-nine university students in Beijing University and eighty-one young peasant workers in Jilin participated. Besides, six personal interviews were conducted. Statistical tests and interview records revealed significant differences in all the three dimensions of human rights consciousness between the two respondent groups, but the difference in rights assertiveness between the two respondent groups is not statistically significant. Moreover, the hypothetical relationships between the proposed underlying socio-political factors and human rights consciousness are not supported. Finally, the thesis discusses the theoretical and practical implications of the present findings, highlights the limitations of this research and suggests directions for further studies.
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