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Strangers in the city : reconfigurations of space, power, and social networks within China's floating population /

With rapid commercialization, a booming urban economy, and the relaxation of state migration policies, over 100 million peasants, known as China's 'floating population, ' have streamed into large cities seeking employment and a better life. This massive flow of rural migrants directly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Li, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Chinese
Language Notes:Text in English with a glossary of Chinese terms.
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Rural-urban migration > China > Beijing.
Migrant labor > China > Beijing.
Urban policy > China > Beijing.
Social change > China > Beijing.
Exode rural > Chine > Pékin.
Travailleurs migrants > Chine > Pékin.
Politique urbaine > Chine > Pékin.
Changement social > Chine > Pékin.
Migrant labor.
Rural-urban migration.
Social change.
Urban policy.
China > Beijing.
Landflucht.
Migration.
Soziale Situation.
Sozialer Wandel.
Soziales Netzwerk.
China.
Peking.
Zhejiang.
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Table of Contents:
  • The floating population as subjects
  • Commercial culture, social networks, and migration passages
  • The privatization of space
  • The privatization of power
  • Reconfigurations of gender, work, and household
  • Contesting crime and order
  • The demolition of Zhejiangcun
  • Displacement and revitalization.