Author : Dorothy J. Solinger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520217966
Contesting Citizenship in Urban China by Dorothy J. Solinger Pdf
Post-Mao market reforms in China have led to a massive migration of rural peasants toward the cities. Denied urban residency, this "floating population" provides labour but loses out on government benefits. This study challenges the notion that markets promote rights and legal equality.