A Floating City Of Peasants
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A Floating City Of Peasants
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Author : Floris-Jan van Luyn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
A Floating City Of Peasants written by Floris-Jan van Luyn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The largest migration in history is taking place in China today, off the radar of the world's major media. Since the 1990s at least 120 million Chinese peasants have left the countryside for the big cities to work in factories, on construction sites, in catering and prostitution - typically without the most basic rights or protections. Here van Luyn relates the remarkable tales of migrant workers who have helped fuel the explosive growth of the People's Republic of China.
A Floating City
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Author : Jules Verne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
A Floating City written by Jules Verne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with categories.
The City
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Author : Kevin Archer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
The City written by Kevin Archer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Science categories.
The City: The Basics provides a brief yet compelling overview of the study of cities and city life. The book draws on a range of perspectives - economic, political, cultural, and environmental aspects are all considered - to provide a broad comparison of the evolution of cities in the rich Global North and the poorer Global South. Topics covered in the book include: a brief history of cities from ancient times to the post-modern present the differences between "global cities" in the North and "megacities" in the South the environmental impact of urban life and the idea of sustainable cities urban planning, urban politics and urban poverty. Featuring suggestions for further reading, recommended websites and a number of maps and illustrations, this is the ideal starting point for those interested in any aspect of cities or urban studies.
Strangers In The City
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Author : Li Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-01
Strangers In The City written by Li Zhang and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-01 with Social Science categories.
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 challenges Chinese socialist modes of state control. This book traces the profound transformations of space, power relations, and social networks within a mobile population that has broken through the constraints of the government’s household registration system. The author explores this important social change through a detailed ethnographic account of the construction, destruction, and eventual reconstruction of the largest migrant community in Beijing. She focuses on the informal privatization of space and power in this community through analyzing the ways migrant leaders build their power base by controlling housing and market spaces and mobilizing social networks. The author argues that to gain a deeper understanding of recent Chinese social and political transformations, one must examine not only to what extent state power still dominates everyday social life, but also how the aims and methods of late socialist governance change under new social and economic conditions. In revealing the complexities and uncertainties of the shifting power and social relations in post-Mao China, this book challenges the common notion that sees recent changes as an inevitable move toward liberal capitalism and democracy.
Mass Migration In The World System
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Author : Terry-Ann Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-11-17
Mass Migration In The World System written by Terry-Ann Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-17 with Social Science categories.
Mass Migration in the World-System brings to light the multiple experiences of migrants across different zones of the world economy. By engaging wide-ranging ideas and theoretical viewpoints of the migration process, the labor market for immigrants, and the rights of migrants, this book provides an important-and much needed-interdisciplinary perspective on the issues of mass migration.
Global Capitalism And The Future Of Agrarian Society
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Author : Arif Dirlik
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-11-17
Global Capitalism And The Future Of Agrarian Society written by Arif Dirlik and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-17 with Social Science categories.
This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally. The book gives special attention to recent economic development and urbanization in the People s Republic of China which have had a major impact on contemporary transformations globally. Case studies from South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America in turn place these transformations in a comparative global perspective. The contributors include distinguished scholars from the UN, PRC, India, Zimbabwe, and Latin America who are also active in policy issues."
The Ghetto
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Author : Ray Hutchison
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-04-19
The Ghetto written by Ray Hutchison and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-19 with Social Science categories.
This book discusses more general consideration of marginalized urban spaces and peoples around the globe. It considers the question: Is the formation and later dissolution of the Jewish ghetto an appropriate model for understanding the experience of other ethnic or racial populations?
Governance Of Life In Chinese Moral Experience
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Author : Everett Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-12-20
Governance Of Life In Chinese Moral Experience written by Everett Zhang and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-20 with Philosophy categories.
China has experienced a tremendous turn-around over the past three decades from the ethos of sacrificing life to the emergent appeal for valuing life. This book takes an interdisciplinary look at China during these decades of transformation through the defining theme of governance of life. With an emphasis on how to achieve an adequate life, the contributors integrate a whole range of life-related domains including: the death of Sun Zhigang, the peril caused by rising tobacco consumption, the emerging suicide intervention, the turning points in the fight against AIDS, the intensely evolving birth policy, the emerging biological citizenship, and so on. In doing so, they explore how biological life has been governed differently to enhance the wellbeing of the population instead of promoting ideological goals. This change, dubbed "the deepening in governmentality," is one of the most important driving forces for China’s rise, and will have huge bearings on how the Chinese will achieve an adequate life in the 21st century. This book presents works by a number of internationally known scholars and will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, political science, history, Chinese philosophy, law, and public health.
Chinese Migrations
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Author : Diana Lary
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2012-06-08
Chinese Migrations written by Diana Lary and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-08 with History categories.
The current waves of migration sweeping the Chinese world may seem like new phenomena, the outcome of modernization and industrialization. However, this concise and readable book convincingly shows that contemporary movements are just the most recent stage in a long history of migration, both within China and beyond its borders. Distinguished historian Diana Lary traces the continuous expansion and contraction of the Chinese state over more than four millennia. Periods of expansion, which involved huge movements of people, have been interspersed with periods of inward-turning stasis. Following a chronological framework, the author discusses the migrations themselves and the recurrent themes within them. We see migration as a broad spectrum of movement, from short-term and short-range to permanent and long-range, and as a powerful vehicle for the transfer of commodities, culture, religion, and political influence. The Confucian tradition treated migration as undesirable. It praised the delights of staying at home: “A thousand days at home are good, half a day away is hard.” Lary argues that, despite this view, migration has been a key element in the evolution of Chinese society, one that the state disparages and encourages at the same time. Her book will be compelling for all readers who want to understand the context for the present internal and international migrations that have changed the face of China itself and its international relations.
Chinese Studies In The Netherlands
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2013-12-09
Chinese Studies In The Netherlands written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-09 with Science categories.
The articles in this volume evaluate Chinese studies in the Netherlands in their historical development.