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PAN Dongdong, ZHOU Yisu. Drifting in Beijing: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Subjectivity of Tutors in Tutorial Centers[J]. Journal of Modern Education, 2023, (4): 36-46.
Citation: PAN Dongdong, ZHOU Yisu. Drifting in Beijing: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Subjectivity of Tutors in Tutorial Centers[J]. Journal of Modern Education, 2023, (4): 36-46.

Drifting in Beijing: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Subjectivity of Tutors in Tutorial Centers

  • Received Date: 2023-05-22
    Available Online: 2023-10-18
  • Publish Date: 2023-07-25
  • Drawing on Foucault's idea of neoliberal governmentality as a theoretical perspective, this paper discusses the impact of China's household registration (hukou) system on tutors through interviews with 26 tutors who are not registered in Beijing. The study finds that the reasons why tutors choose to drift in Beijing are mainly due to the consideration of income and career development opportunities. In their eyes, Beijing symbolizes youth and hard work, advancement and cutting-edge, and fairness. They do not pursue and value Beijing hukou excessively but recognize that they can obtain a good life by their own ability and effort. Their discourse presents characteristics of typical ability first and self-attribution rather than institutional attribution. However, with the development of work and the growth of age, they gradually feel the instability of working in tutorial centers and great pressure of drifting. Their choice of being tutors appears as a restricted and adaptive free choice. They present an image of a restricted entrepreneur, a paradoxical semi-citizen identity and a drifting subject.

     

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