China's rural-urban inequality in the countryside /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Yan Gao, Shailaja Fennell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Shanghai] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (XVIII, 181 pages) :
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12 illustrations in color
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Chapter One: The Rural-urban Division -- Chapter Two: Literature Review -- Chapter Three: Policies and Institutions Concerning Resource Flow -- Chapter Four: Methodology -- Chapter Five: Peasants' View -- Chapter Six: Officials' View -- Chapter Seven: Quantitative Results -- Chapter Eight: Moving on from the Data -- Chapter Nine:The Recent Inequality -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book approaches the issue of rural-urban inequality through fieldwork conducted in a specific township (Zuogang) in Qinggang County, part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. Presenting painstaking fieldwork in a single location, it successfully illuminates fundamental aspects of the reality and the complexity of rural-urban inequality that cannot be found in macro-level studies, most of which are prepared by economists. The book offers a unique combination of rigorous economic analysis with insightful social and anthropological analysis, as well as revealing interviews with local government officials. This approach provides a rich tapestry of rural perceptions of rural-urban inequality. With in-depth analysis and empirical evidence on questions concerning the development and root causes of urban-rural disparities, the book significantly enriches our understanding of the widely discussed issue of rural-urban income inequality, but from the unique perspective of rural China.