Politics and Social Change Workshop/Transnational Studies Initiative joint seminar presentation by Amy Tsang and Yueran Zhang, PhD students in sociology, Harvard.

Note: Attendees are expected to read the manuscripts in advance. Please contact Yueran Zhang for copies.(yueranzhang@g.harvard.edu)

Title: "Where Did 'No Taxation without Representation' Come from? The Case of Taxing Private Homeownership in China"

Presenter: Yueran Zhang, PhD student in sociology, Harvard

Description: The author presents findings from the preliminary work he has done for his Qualifying Paper project. This project seeks to answer why the Chinese state shifted from an administrative-executive approach to a legislative approach in its pursuit of a wealth tax on private homeownership.

Discussant: Fangsheng Zhu, PhD student in sociology, Harvard

Title: "Making Sense of Boundaries in Urbanizing China"

Presenter:  Amy Tsang, PhD student in sociology, Harvard

Description: The author presents a tentative proposal for her dissertation prospectus. This project addresses how people who recently became city residents through voluntary migration, forced resettlement, and engulfment in China subjectively understand their identities and the boundaries between different groups of urban residents.

Discussant: Aaron Benavidez, PhD candidate in sociology, Harvard