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Urban China in the New Era, 2014
Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward
Coordinators: Cheng Zhiming, Wang Mark, Chen Junhua
Language: English
Urban China in the New Era
Publication date: 09-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 09-2016
Support: Print on demand
Urban China in the New Era
Publication date: 03-2014
183 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 03-2014
183 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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This book aims to provide a scholarly account of recent understandings and reflections on some of the prevalent and emerging issues in urban and regional China, such as urbanization, inequality, hukou (household registration) reforms, labor relations, not-in-my-backyard protests and environmental governance. Presenting rich data analysis and case studies, these book chapters together utilize multidisciplinary approaches and contribute to the empirical and theoretical literature in development studies.
Introduction.- The Impact of Outward-Oriented Economic Reform on Income Inequality in China: 1978 – 2007.- The continuity and changes of the hukou system since the 1990s: a critical review.- Land Reform, urban development and Migrant Housing in Contemporary China.- The Urban Village of Huanggang: A Successful Communal Model?.- China’s Not-in-My-Backyard Protest in the Process of Urbanization.- China’s Urban Environmental Governance in Transition: A Tale of Two Cities.- The New Generation of Migrant Workers in Urban China.- The Ethnic Minority Experience in the Urban Labour Market.- Returns to Education in China’s Urban Labour Market: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data for Shanghai.- List of Contributors.
A number of contemporary issues in China
Rich statistical analysis and case studies in multidisciplinary frameworks
Studies at both micro and macro levels
Strong policy implications and recommendations
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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