China’s Rural-urban Inequality in the Countryside, Hardcover by Gao, Yan; Fen...

by Shailaja Fennell, Yan Gao

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China’s Rural-urban Inequality in the Countryside, Hardcover by Gao, Yan; Fennell, Shailaja, ISBN 9811082723, ISBN-13 9789811082726, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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. Th 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, th significantly enriches our understanding of the widely discussed issue of rural-urban income inequality, but from the unique perspective of rural China.

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2018
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9789811082726
• Condition: Fine

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