One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China

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One Country, Two Societies

Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China

Edited by: Martin K. Whyte
With contributions by: Jennifer Adams , Arianne Gaetano , Lei Guang , Björn Gustafsson , Emily Hannum , Hu Xiaojiang , Fanmin Kong , Li Limei , Li Shi , Li Si-ming , Hanchao Lu , Luo Chuliang , Rachel Murphy , Miguel Salazar , Terry Sicular , Fei-ling Wang , Wang Feng , Meiyan Wang , Winnie Yip , Yue Ximing and Jieh-min Wu

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2010

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Volume 16 | Harvard Contemporary China Series

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This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural–urban gap.

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History Regional and National History Asia-Pacific

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 The Paradoxes of Rural- Urban In e quality in Contemporary China Martin King Whyte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I China’s Rural- Urban Gap: Setting the Context
2 Small- Town China: A Historical Perspective on Rural- Urban Relations Hanchao Lu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 Rural Migrant Workers and China’s Differential Citizenship: A Comparative Institutional Analysis Wu Jieh-Min Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
II China’s Rural- Urban Income Gap
4 How Large Is China’s Rural- Urban Income Gap? Terry Sicular, Yue Ximing, Björn A. Gustafsson and Li Shi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 Reestimating the Income Gap between Urban and Rural House holds in China Li Shi and Luo Chul Iang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
III The Rural- Urban Gap in Access to Social Resources
6 Rural- Urban Disparities in Access to Primary and Secondary Education under Market Reforms Emi Ly Hannum, Meiyan Wang and Jennifer Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7 Disparities in Health Care and Health Status: The Rural- Urban Gap and Beyond Winnie Yip Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
8 The Narrowing Digital Divide: A View from Rural China Rachel Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
9 The Impact of Variations in Urban Registration within Cities Li Limei and Li Si-Ming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
IV The Experience of Being a Migrant in Contemporary China
10 Boundaries of Inequality: Perceptions of Distributive Justice among Urbanities, Migrants, and Peasants Wang Feng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
11 Rural Prejudice and Gender Discrimination in China’s Urban Job Market Lei Guang and Fanmin Kong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
12 Gender and Citizenship Inequality: The Story of Two Migrant Women Arianne Gaetano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
13 Ethnicity, Rurality, and Status: Hukou and the Institutional and Cultural Determinants of Social Status in Tibet Xiaojiang Hu and Miguel A. Salazar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
V Evolving Policy toward Rural Migrants and the Rural- Urban Gap
14 Bringing the City Back In: The Chinese Debate on Rural Problems Lei Guang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
15 Renovating the Great Floodgate: The Reform of China’s Hukou System Fei-Ling Wang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	443

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June 15, 2010

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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054820

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