DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Immigration and Citizenship in Hong Kong

在一个充满不平等、快速交通和通信的世界里，公民身份作为一种社会地位，在较富裕的地方是一种宝贵的资源。 在西方世界，公民身份问题往往带有种族和民族差异的色彩。 这篇论文的研究对象是来自哈佛大学的人类学学生，他将研究香港的公民身份。在香港，来自中华人民共和国的移民拥有相同的种族和国籍，但却面临着获得公民身份的严重问题。 利用民族志研究，法院案件分析，政府文件档案研究，报纸，参与观察，与政府工作人员以及长期公民居民的访谈等方法，学生将研究移民的生活经历。 由于最近亚洲的经济危机，适应和融合方面的官僚主义拖延和障碍更加严重，将分析这些拖延和障碍自殖民时代以来的发展情况。 这项研究将有助于关于权利和移民的一般理论，将增加PI对世界这一重要地区的了解，并将有助于培养一名年轻的社会科学家。

In a world full of inequality, rapid transportation and communication, citizenship as a social status is a valuable resource in wealthier places. In the western world problems of citizenship tend to be colored by ethnic and nationality differences. This dissertation research by an anthropology student from Harvard University will study citizenship in Hong Kong, where migrants from the People's Republic of China have the same ethnicity and nationality, yet face serious problems of attaining citizenship. Using methods of ethnographic research, analysis of court cases, archival research with government documents, newspapers, participant observation, and interviews with government functionaries as well as long-time citizen residents, the student will study the lived experiences immigrants. The time-consuming bureaucratic delays and barriers to adaptation and integration, which have been exacerbated by the recent economic crisis in Asia, will be analyed as they have developed since colonial days. This research will contribute to general theory about entitlement and migration, will add to the PIs knowledge of this important region of the world, and will help train a young social scientist.