Marginalization in Urban China [electronic resource] : Comparative Perspectives /
Wu, F.editor.
Webster, C.editor.
This book covers social inequalities in Chinese cities and provides comparative perspectives on inequality and social polarization, neoliberalization and the poor, the change of property rights, rural to urban migration and migrants' enclaves, deprivation and residential segregation, state social security and reemployment training programs.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Introduction: China's Urban Marginalization in Comparative Perspectives; Part I: Concept and Comparative Perspectives of Marginalization; 2 Urban Inequality and Polarization; 3 Neoliberalism and the Urban Poor: A View from Latin America; Part II: Property Rights and Marginalization in China; 4 Entitlement to the Benefits of Urbanization: Comparing Migrant and Peri-urban 'Peasants'; 5 Property Rights, Citizenship and the Making of the New Poor in Urban China
6 The Strength of Property Rights, Prospects for the Disadvantaged, and Constraints on the Actions of the Politically Powerful in Hong Kong and China7 Empowerment or Marginalization: Land, Housing and Property Rights in Poor Neighbourhoods; Part III: Rural-Urban Migration and Marginalization; 8 Rural-Urban Migration in China: Scale, Composition, Pattern and Deprivation; 9 Private Rental Housing in 'Urban Villages' in Shenzhen: Problems or Solutions?; 10 Chinese Urban Villages as Marginalized Neighbourhoods under Rapid Urbanization; Part IV: Deprivation and Segregation
11 Multiple Deprivations in Urban China: An Analysis of Individual Survey Data12 Post-reform Residential Segregation in Three Chinese Cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou; Part V: State Action; 13 The Urban Dibao: Guarantee for Minimum Livelihood or for Minimal Turmoil?; 14 State-funded Re-employment Training and Participation in Informal Employment in Tianjin; 15 What Has Been Marginalized? Marginalization as the Constrained 'Right to the City' in Urban China; Index
This book covers social inequalities in Chinese cities and provides comparative perspectives on inequality and social polarization, neoliberalization and the poor, the change of property rights, rural to urban migration and migrants' enclaves, deprivation and residential segregation, state social security and reemployment training programs.
Political economy.
International relations.
Political science.
Asia-Politics and government.
Sociology, Urban.
Culture-Study and teaching.
International Political Economy.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Asian Politics.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Regional and Cultural Studies.