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Urban migrants and poverty in China
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Urban Poverty Reduction Among Migrants in China is the result of a large-scale research project conducted across China from 2002 to 2010. Packed full of original material, academic analysis, expert...
Urban Poverty Reduction Among Migrants in China is the result of a large-scale research project conducted across China from 2002 to 2010. Packed full of original material, academic analysis, expert knowledge and practical policy suggestions, it paints a detailed picture of the consequences of China's startling economic transformation. Written by the experts at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) working in partnership with UNESCO.
Details
- Creator
- chief editors Huang Ping & Genevieve Domenach-Chich ; proofreader Michael Drake
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- [Reading, England?] : Paths International, 2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (211 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1280994614, 9786613766229, 1844641171, 1844640930
- OCLC
- ocn795695085
- "This book is the result of a co-publication agreement between Social Sciences Academic Press (China) and Paths International Ltd. (UK)."--Imprint.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Cover; Title; Contents; 1 Background; 1.1 Poverty issues in China; 1.2 The Problems with Defining Poverty; 1.3 Assumption; 1.4 Data Sources; 1.5 Building up an Analytical Framework; 1.5.1 Migrant workers' mobility; 1.5.2 Migrant workers' poverty; 1.5.3 Defining migrant workers' policy; 1.6 Four Types of Poverty; 1.6.1 Lack of Skills; 1.6.2 Knowledge shortage; 1.6.3 Weakness of the social support network; 1.6.4 Discrimination and exclusion; 1.7 External Factors; 1.7.1 Governmental policies; 1.7.2 The Labor market; 1.8 Anti-poverty Practice and Policy Implications
- 1.8.1 Summary of the poverty analysis among migrant workers1.8.2 Strategies of poverty reduction; 1.8.3 Practices of poverty reduction; 1.9 Two Key Features of Poverty Reduction Related to the Project; 1.9.1 Innovative methods and examples; 1.10 Policy Implications; 2 Rebuilding Rural Migrants' Communities; 2.1 Policy Framework and on-going Arguments; 2.1.1 The Hukou system; 2.2 The Labor Market; 2.3 Social Security; 2.4 Pro-Migrant Policies; 2.5 Remaining Challenges; 2.6 Community Rebuilding for Migrants; 2.6.1 Rural community; 2.6.2 Urban community; 2.6.3 Rural migrants' community
- 2.6.4 Community rebuilding for migrants2.7 The Work of Community Rebuilding from 2002~2004; 2.7.1 Community rebuilding based on locality; 2.7.2 Community rebuilding based on cultural resources; 2.7.3 Community rebuilding based on governmental policies; 2.8 Suggestions for the Project; 3 Poverty Issues of Migrant Laborers Under Market Conditions; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Insights on the Issue of China's Urban Migrant Laborer; 3.2 Case Study of the Dalian Labor Market; 3.3 Policy Advice; 3.3.1 Upgrading the rural labor quality; 3.4 Rebuilding the Non-Market Rural Economy-Society
- 3.4.1 The Rationality of "New Dualism"3.4.2 Mixed Dualism Economy/Social Harmony Development; 3.5 Rural Labor and Flexible Urbanization; 3.5.1 The content of flexible urbanization; 3.5.2 The significance of flexible urbanization; 3.5.3 The promotion and management of rural labor flexible urbanization; 3.6 Conclusion; 3.7 Epilogue; 4 Establishing a Network Between the Migrants' Rural and Urban Homes; 4.1 Rural-Urban Labor Migration in China; 4.1.1 Aggregation of origin and destination: Urban vs. Rural, Eastern/Coastal vs. Western and Central/ Interior
- 4.2 Rural migrants: floating between sending and receiving places4.3 The Predicament: Government Considerations of Sending and Receiving Places Exists Simultaneously; 4.3.1 Jobs; 4.3.2 Skills Training; 4.3.3 Housing; 4.3.4 Educational system; 4.3.5 Health care system; 4.4 Relationships: Peasants, the State and Local Governments; 4.4.1 The Relationship Between the Peasants and the State; 4.4.2 Relationships Between the Local Governments of Sending and Receiving Areas; 4.4.3 The Relationships Between Peasants and Local Governments; 4.5 Establishing a Network Between Sending and Receiving Places
- 4.5.1 The Central Government's Efforts