@article {26694,
	title = {\&lsquo;Law Does Not Come Down From Heaven\&rsquo;: Youth Legal Socialisation Approaches in Chinese Textbooks of the Xi Jinping Era},
	journal = {Journal of Current Chinese Affairs},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {1-27},
	abstract = {Schools constitute key sites for legal socialisation, the process whereby youth developtheir relationship with the law. Yet, what does legal socialisation entail in the contextof an authoritarian party-state such as China? The article examines this question by analysing\&nbsp;Chinese citizenship education textbooks of the Xi era. The study finds that China{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;current textbooks contain elements associated with both a coercive and a consensual\&nbsp;approach to legal education. Nonetheless, it is the consensual orientation that receives\&nbsp;greater stress, as the books highlight the positive benefits of legal compliance andendorse the idea that youth should advance beyond the external supervisory stage tothe self-discipline level of legal consciousness. Reflecting the attempt of the ChineseCommunist Party leadership to draw on legality as a key source of legitimacy, thisapproach is nonetheless undermined by the propagandist tone of the textbooks andtheir ambiguous messages regarding citizens{\textquoteright} ability to challenge China{\textquoteright}s existing laws.},
	url = {10.1177/18681026221085719}
}
