Strangers in the city : reconfigurations of space, power, and social networks within China's floating population / Li Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Li

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural-urban migration--China--Beijing.

Rural-urban migration.

Migrant labor--China--Beijing.

Migrant labor.

Urban policy--China--Beijing.

Urban policy.

Social change--China--Beijing.

Social change.

China--Beijing.

Physical Description:

xiv, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

With rapid commercialization, a booming urban economy, and the relaxation of state migratory policies, over 100 million peasants, known as China' s " floating population, " have streamed into large cities seeking employment and a better life. This book traces the profound transformation this massive flow of rural migrants has caused as it challenges Chinese socialist modes of state control.

Contents:

1. The Floating Population as Subjects 23

2. Commercial Culture, Social Networks, and Migration Passages 47

3. The Privatization of Space 69

4. The Privatization of Power 91

5. Reconfigurations of Gender, Work, and Household 115

6. Contesting Crime and Order 137

7. The Demolition of Zhejiangcun 159

8. Displacement and Revitalization 186

Appendix Notes on the Conditions and Politics of Fieldwork 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index.

ISBN:

0804740305

0804742065

OCLC:

46366246