Chapter Ten. Regional Inequality in China: Mortality and Health

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Contributors xiii
6. Part I. Poverty, Wealth, and Stratification: The Interconnections
7. Chapter One. Poverty and Wealth in Postsocialist China: An Overview 3
8. Chapter Two. Market versus Social Benefits: Explaining China’s Changing Income Inequality 20
9. Chapter Three. Market and Gender Pay Equity: Have Chinese Reforms Narrowed the Gap? 37
10. Chapter Four. The Labor of Luxury: Gender and Generational Inequality in a Beijing Hotel 54
11. Chapter Five. The Changing Structure of Employment in Contemporary China 69
12. Part II. Postsocialist Power and Property Relations
13. Chapter Six. Institutional Basis of Social Stratification in Transitional China 85
14. Chapter Seven. Rethinking Corporatist Bases of Stratification in Rural China 96
15. Chapter Eight. Creating Wealth: Land Seizure, Local Government, and Farmers 112
16. Chapter Nine. Resolution Mechanisms for Land Rights Disputes 126
17. Part III. Postsocialist Life Chances
18. Chapter Ten. Regional Inequality in China: Mortality and Health 143
19. Chapter Eleven. Beyond Cost: Rural Perspectives on Barriers to Education 156
20. Chapter Twelve. Urban Occupational Mobility and Employment Institutions: Hierarchy, Market, and Networks in a Mixed System 172
21. Part IV. Interpreting Postsocialist Wealth and Poverty
22. Chapter Thirteen. The Social Contours of Distributive Injustice Feelings in Contemporary China 193
23. Chapter Fourteen. From Inequality to Inequity: Popular Conceptions of Social (In)justice in Beijing 213
24. Chapter Fifteen. Social Stratification: The Legacy of the Late Imperial Past 232
25. Reference Matter
26. Notes 249
27. References 265
28. Index 289