Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the

Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State, and the Logic of the Market (Studies of the East Asian Institute (California Press))

Post-Mao market reforms in China have led to a massive migration of rural peasants toward the cities. Officially denied residency in the cities, the over 80 million members of this "floating population" provide labor for the economic boom in urban areas but are largely denied government benefits that city residents receive. In an incisive and original study that goes against the grain of much of the current discussion on citizenship, Dorothy J. Solinger challenges the notion that markets necessarily promote rights and legal equality in any direct or linear fashion.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 1999-05-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520217966

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	1999-05-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520217966

Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State, and the Logic of the Market (Studies of the East Asian Institute (California Press))