Urban China in the New Era Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Cheng, Zhiming (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wang, Mark (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Chen, Junhua (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Labor economics.; Emigration and immigration.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Migration.

 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.