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Urban Poverty in China

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  • Fulong Wu
  • Chris Webster
  • Shenijing He
  • Yuting Liu

Abstract

Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but combine laid-off workers and rural migrants, resulting in stark contrasts between migrant and workers’ neighbourhoods and villages.

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  • Fulong Wu & Chris Webster & Shenijing He & Yuting Liu, 2010. "Urban Poverty in China," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 13189.
  • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:13189
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