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Contesting Citizenship in Urban China: Peasant Migrants, the State and the Logic of the Market (Studies of the East Asian Institute (California Press)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dj Solinger
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1009844
Media: Paperback
Pages: 463
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0520217969
Dewey Decimal Number: 307.240951
EAN: 9780520217966
ASIN: 0520217969
Publication Date: April 22, 1999
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internal migration in china September 21, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Solinger's book is an important contribution to the studies in the field of migration in contemporary China; it has a wealth of information from both primary and secondary sources, while placing the phenomenon of the "floating population" into a theoretical frame. Solinger is trying to define citizenship in modern Chinese society, exploring the widening gap between the urban society and the new rural immigrants. Taking into account both structural factors and the agency of the migrants, she is still focusing on the formalistic aspects, while giving less attention to alternative discourses that are emerging in the so-quickly-changing Chinese society. The main voices that are heard today deal with this subject through an economical-political angel, seeing the migrants as a burden on the urban society or a threat to stability while acknowledging their contribution to China's economic development, still there are other voices critically examining the existing discourses, which Solinger gives less attention to. She is emphasizing the variations among the migrants and the different institutional approaches, but concludes that the best possible solution, the assimilation of the migrants in the urban society is, for the moment, impossible to achieve, as she is seeing the "hukou" barrier as separating the two societies. Still she argues for the influence the migrants does have on the urban society and spatial organization.
Overall this is an excellent book, a very informative and interesting reading. As the subject of internal migration is becoming more and more central to the research of contemporary China, this book has great value and is best read with other books on the subject.
migrants in chinese urban society September 11, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Solinger's book is an important contribution to the studies in the field of migration in contemporary China; it has a wealth of information from both primary and secondary sources, while placing the phenomenon of the "floating population" into a theoretical frame. Solinger is trying to define citizenship in modern Chinese society, exploring the widening gap between the urban society and the new rural immigrants. Taking into account both structural factors and the agency of the migrants, she is still focusing on the formalistic aspects, while giving less attention to alternative discourses that are emerging in the so-quickly-changing Chinese society. The main voices that are heard today deal with this subject through an economical-political angel, seeing the migrants as a burden on the urban society or a threat to stability while acknowledging their contribution to China’s economic development, but still there are other voices critically examining the existing discourses, which Solinger gives less attention to. She is emphasizing the variations among the migrants and the different institutional approaches, but concludes that the best possible solution, the assimilation of the migrants in the urban society is, for the moment, impossible to achieve, as she is seeing the “hukou” barrier as separating the two societies. Still she argues for the influence the migrants does have on the urban society and its spatial organization.
Overall this is an excellent book, a very informative and interesting reading. As the subject of internal migration is becoming more and more central to the research of contemporary China, this book has great value and is best read with other books on the subject such as Pieke & Mallee (eds.), “Internal and International Migration: Chinese Perspective”, Davin, “Internal Migration in Contemporary China” and Li Zhang, “Strangers in the City”.
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