Zhang China's Poor Regions

Rural-Urban Migration, Poverty, Economic Reform and Urbanisation
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-35696-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. This book investigates the problem of poverty in China's regions, discussing in particular the role of rural-urban migration in reducing poverty. It surveys the distribution and characteristics of poverty, examines anti-poverty initiatives by the Chinese government and includes the results of original research conducted in Shanxi, a typical province in Central China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Mei

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Poverty and Migration: a theoretical overview

2. Poverty and international migration in China

3. Case study region and methodology

4. Case study analysis: sending areas

5. Case study analysis: destinations

6. To what extent can rural-urban migration resolve rural poverty?

Über Autor(innen)

Mei Zhang holds a PhD Degree from the University of Cambridge. Her main areas of work are women labour, rural-urban migration and poverty, urbanisation and quantitative analyses of urban environments.