Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives

By Fulong Wu

Book Overview

Introduction: China's Urban Marginalization in Comparative Perspectives; F.Wu & C.Webster PART I: CONCEPT AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES OF MARGINALIZATION Urban Inequality: Its Definition, Measurement, Causes and Importance; C.Hamnett Neoliberalism and the Urban Poor: A View from Latin America; A.Gilbert PART II: PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MARGINALIZATION IN CHINA Entitlement to the Benefits of Urbanisation: Comparing Migrant and Peri-Urban 'Peasants'; C.Webster & Y.Zhao Property Rights, Citizenship and the Making of the New Poor in Urban China; F.Wu The Strength of Property Rights, Prospects for the Disadvantaged, and Constraints on the Actions of the Politically Powerful in Hong Kong and China; A.Smart Empowerment or Marginalization: Land, Housing and Property Rights in Poor Neighbourhoods; H.B.Shin PART III: RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION AND MARGINALIZATION Rural-Urban Migration in China: Scale, Composition, Pattern and Deprivation; A.Hussain & Y.Wang Private Rental Housing in 'Urban Villages' in Shenzhen: Problems or Solutions?; Y.P.Wang, Y.Wang & J. Wu Chinese Urban Villages as Marginalized Neighbourhoods under Rapid Urbanization; Y.Liu & S.He PART IV: DEPRIVATION AND SEGREGATION Multiple Deprivation in Urban China: An Analysis of Individual Survey Data; Y.Yuan & F.Wu Post-Reform Residential Segregation in Three Chinese Cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou; Z.Li & F.Wu PART V: STATE ACTION The Urban Dibao: Guarantee for Minimum Livelihood or for Minimal Turmoil?; D.J.Solinger State Funded Reemployment Training and Participation of Informal Employment in Tianjin; B.Li & H.Peng What has been Marginalized? Marginalization as the Constrained 'Right to the City' in Urban China; F.Wu & C.Webster

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349315125
• ISBN13: 9781349315123
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"