| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
IGU marginal regions series
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Marginal regions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: marginalisation and globalisation in transitional China / Heather Xiaoquan Zhang and Richard Sanders -- Marginalisation in the Chinese countryside: the question of rural poverty / Richard Sanders, Yang Chen and Yiying Cao -- Marginalisation of laid-off state-owned enterprise workers in Wuhan / Jun Tang, Mingzhu Dong and Mark Duda -- Marginalisation in the Chinese energy sector: the case of township and village coal mines / Philip Andrews-Speed -- Living and working at the margin: rural migrant workers in China's transitional cities / Li Zhang -- Marginalisation and health provision in transitional China / Zhiqiang Feng -- Institutional responses to the changing patterns of poverty and marginalisation in China since 1949 / Ka Lin -- Globalisation and marginalisation of Chinese overseas contract workers / Bin Wu -- The World Trade Organization and Chinese farmers: implications for agricultural crisis and marginalisation / John Q. Tian -- China, the World Trade Organization and the end of the agreement on textiles and clothing: impacts on workers / Markus Eberhardt and John Thoburn -- Conceptualising the links: migration, health and sustainable livelihoods in China / Heather Xiaoquan Zhang -- Spatial and social marginalisation of health in China: the impact of globalisation / Ian G. Cook and Trevor J.B. Dummer -- Civil society and marginalisation: grassroots NGOs in Qinghai province / Katherine Morton. |
| Summary |
Ongoing economic transition and development in China involves the re-centralisation of its resources from marginal areas, sectors and groups. Providing an overview of China's recent economic, social and political development, this book focuses on the processes, characteristics, trends and impacts of this marginalisation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- Economic policy -- 1976-2000.
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China. |
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Economic policy. |
| Chronological Term |
1976-2000 |
| Subject |
China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
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| Chronological Term |
2000- |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- China.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects. |
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Regional economic disparities.
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Regional economic disparities. |
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Marginality, Social -- China.
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Marginality, Social. |
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Equality -- China.
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Equality. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1976 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Zhang, Heather Xiaoquan.
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Wu, Bin, 1957 November 6-
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Sanders, Richard, 1947-
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| Added Title |
Marginalization in China |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Marginalisation in China. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Co., ©2007 (DLC) 2007002932 (OCoLC)80181124 |
| ISBN |
9780754684817 (electronic book) |
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0754684814 (electronic book) |
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9780754644279 (alkaline paper) |
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0754644278 (alkaline paper) |
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