Changing China(1st Edition) Migration, Communities and Governance in Cities by LiSi-Ming, Shenjing He, Kam Wing Chan Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-33236-2, ISBN: 1-138-33236-4
"China’s unprecedented urbanization is underpinned by not only massive rural-urban migration but also a household registration system embedded in a territorial hierarchy that produces lingering urban-rural duality. The mid-1990s onwards witnessed increasing reliance on land revenues by municipal governments, causing repeated redrawing of city boundaries to incorporate surrounding countryside. The identification of real estate as a growth ..."
Changing China(1st Edition) Migration, Communities and Governance in Cities by LiSi-Ming, Shenjing He, Kam Wing Chan Hardcover, 214 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-69084-4, ISBN: 1-138-69084-8
"China s unprecedented urbanization is underpinned by not only massive rural-urban migration but also a household registration system embedded in a territorial hierarchy that produces lingering urban-rural duality. The mid-1990s onwards witnessed increasing reliance on land revenues by municipal governments, causing repeated redrawing of city boundaries to incorporate surrounding countryside. The identification of real estate as a growth ..."
Changing China Migration, Communities and Governance in Cities by LiSi-Ming, Shenjing He, Kam Wing Chan 214 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-315-53667-5, ISBN: 1-315-53667-6
"Thus, there is an analogy between the migration decision and gambling (
Williams and Balaz 2012). Hence ... On the one hand, migration can be
understood as risky behavior, because of uncertainty about future wages, living
conditions, relationships with family and friends in the place of origin, and cultural
adjustment (Williams and Balaz 2012, 2014). On the other ... It is estimated that
one trillion RMB (US $161 billion) is wagered ..."
" This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It is now clear that the Chinese communist revolution, though professing dedication to an egalitarian society, in practice created a rural order akin to serfdom, in which 80 percent of the population was effectively bound to the land. China is still struggling with that legacy. The reforms of 1978 changed basic aspect ..."
" This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It is now clear that the Chinese communist revolution, though professing dedication to an egalitarian society, in practice created a rural order akin to serfdom, in which 80 percent of the population was effectively bound to the land. China is still struggling with that legacy. The reforms of 1978 changed basic aspect ..."
" This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It is now clear that the Chinese communist revolution, though professing dedication to an egalitarian society, in practice created a rural order akin to serfdom, in which 80 percent of the population was effectively bound to the land. China is still struggling with that legacy. The reforms of 1978 changed basic aspect ..."