This book explores the movement of global discourses of young children’s citizenship through national curriculum policies in China and Aotearoa New Zealand, and delves into early childhood settings where young children learn and exercise their citizenship. It utilises a research design which adopted a poststructural orientation and employed qualitative, comparative, and ethnography-informed approaches. This book contributes to a regional and global focus on, and conversations about, young children’s citizenship and pedagogical affordances in early childhood settings. It is a useful resource for researchers, educators and students interested in the fields of citizenship education, early childhood education, and teacher education.

Dr Peng Xu is a lecturer at the School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, China. Prior to this, he worked as a research assistant and tutor at the School of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. His research focuses on children's rights, citizenship, and sustainability in early childhood care and education. 

Dr Jenny Ritchie is a Professor of Education in the School of Education, at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has long been engaged in the field of early childhood care and education, as a childcare worker in the 1970s, kindergarten teacher in the 80s, parent, teacher educator, education researcher and grandparent. Her research and teaching focus on social, cultural, and ecological justice in early childhood care and education.