Rural Urban Migration and Policy Intervention in China Migrant Workers' Coping Strategies
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Rural Urban Migration and Policy Intervention in China
Migrant Workers' Coping Strategies
Li Sun
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy
Explores the impact of changes within the ‘hukou’ system (household registration) on Chinese rural-urban migration
Considers migrant worker choices in coping techniques when dealing with major event such as wage exploitation, work injuries and illness.
Proposes a typology of “coping” which includes a variety of administrative coping, political coping and social coping, and considers.
Li Sun is a lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Her primary research interest is China’s urbanization, including rural-urban migration, social inequality, social protection, land and housing issues, and public policies. Dr Sun also serves as a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as well as various government offices in China, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
| Publication Date: | 09 February 2019 |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Singapore |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN-13: | 9789811340628 |
| Format: | Paperback softback |
| Page Count: | 193 |