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On the Move - Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China (Hardcover, New): Arianne Gaetano, Tamara Jacka On the Move - Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China (Hardcover, New)
Arianne Gaetano, Tamara Jacka
R2,864 R2,565 Discovery Miles 25 650 Save R299 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In China in recent years, one of the most dramatic and significant manifestations of modernization and globalization has been a massive increase in rural-to-urban migration. Termed the floating population, and numbering upwards of 100 million, these rural migrants are at the front line of both domestic and global capitalist development, working for the lowest wages in occupations that urbanites shun, often in dangerous conditions with little or no security or legal protections. Women constitute a significant proportion of the migrant population, yet the influence of gender and the unique circumstances of women migrants have yet to receive sufficient scholarly attention. On the Move focuses on the political, social, economic, and cultural contexts that shape the experiences of these women. Original fieldwork, as well as analyses based on in-depth research in multiple regions of China, helps explore the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women themselves.

On the Move - Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China (Paperback, New): Arianne Gaetano, Tamara Jacka On the Move - Women and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China (Paperback, New)
Arianne Gaetano, Tamara Jacka
R996 R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Save R136 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In China in recent years, one of the most dramatic and significant manifestations of modernization and globalization has been a massive increase in rural-to-urban migration. Termed the floating population, and numbering upwards of 100 million, these rural migrants are at the front line of both domestic and global capitalist development, working for the lowest wages in occupations that urbanites shun, often in dangerous conditions with little or no security or legal protections. Women constitute a significant proportion of the migrant population, yet the influence of gender and the unique circumstances of women migrants have yet to receive sufficient scholarly attention. On the Move focuses on the political, social, economic, and cultural contexts that shape the experiences of these women. Original fieldwork, as well as analyses based on in-depth research in multiple regions of China, helps explore the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women themselves.

One Country, Two Societies - Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China (Paperback, New): Martin K. Whyte One Country, Two Societies - Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China (Paperback, New)
Martin K. Whyte; Contributions by Jennifer Adams, Arianne Gaetano, Lei Guang, Bjoern Gustafsson, …
R1,201 Discovery Miles 12 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 aspects of economic and social life in China s villages and cities and altered the nature of the rural-urban relationship. But some important institutions and practices have changed only marginally or not at all, and China is still sharply divided into rural and urban castes with different rights and opportunities in life, resulting in growing social tensions.

The contributors, many of whom conducted extensive fieldwork, examine the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents in recent years; aspects of inequality apart from income (access to education and medical care, the digital divide, housing quality and location); experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants; and conceptual and policy debates in China regarding the status and treatment of rural residents and urban migrants.

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