China's Rural-Urban Inequality in the Countryside

Gao, Yan/ Fennell, Shailaja

Springer Verlag, Singapore（2018/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 181 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789811082726
• DDC分類 338

Full Description

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.

Contents

Introduction.- Chapter OneLiterature 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.