Rural-Urban Migration in China: A Critical Understanding of Informality

Xiaodong Lin

Rural-Urban Migration in China: A Critical Understanding of Informality

Sociology

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Abstract

Rural-urban (internal) migration has continued to make a major contribution to economic development and urbanization in China. Through a gender lens, this chapter critically examines the issue of informal economic activities among a group of male migrant workers in China from a cultural sociological perspective. The chapter addresses the role of informal family based social networks in male migrant workers’ identity formation, as an important resource in the process of learning to labor as a working class man. It argues that there is a need to move from a socio-economic perspective to a socio-cultural perspective to understand the issues of informality.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	China's Social Policy
Subtitle of host publication	Transformation and Challenges
Editors	Kinglun Ngok, Chak Kwan Chan
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	183
Number of pages	200
ISBN (Print)	978-0-415-72205-6
Publication status	Published - 28 Oct 2015

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