Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Murphy, Rachel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines labour migration in China, focusing in particular on the social dimensions, exploring important issues including poverty alleviation, inequality, social insurance, health and education, and the role of NGOs. It considers the impact of changing government policy, which has made social issues more central to national development policies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134033775
• Artikelnr.: 38264398

Autorenporträt

Rachel Murphy is University Lecturer in the Sociology of China and Faculty Fellow at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Her publications include How Migrant Labor is Changing Rural China (2002), Chinese Citizenship: Views from the Margins (2006, co-ed with V. L. Fong), Media, Identity and Struggle in 21st Century China (2008, co-ed with V. L. Fong) and articles in China Quarterly, Population and Development Review and Journal of Peasant Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Frank Laczko 1. Introduction: Labour Migration and Social
Development in China Rachel Murphy 2. Migration and Poverty Alleviation in
China Dewen Wang and Fang Cai 3. Migrant Remittances in China: the
Distribution of Economic Benefits and Social Costs Rachel Murphy 4. Hukou
Reform and Social Security for Migrant Workers in China Ran Tao 5. Migrant
Children and Migrant Schooling: Policies, Problems and Possibilities Terry
Woronov 6. Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues Among Migrants in China
Caroline Hoy 7. Housing and Migrants in Cities Ya Ping Wang and Yanglin
Wang 8. The Making of a Global Dormitory Labour Regime: Labour Protection
and Labour Organizing of Migrant Women in South China Pun Ngai 9. NGOs,
Civil Society and Migrants in China Jude Howell