Livelihood strategies of multi-locational households in People`s Republic of China. 1. ed.

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt-Kallert, Einhard; Franke, Peter
Titel	Livelihood strategies of multi-locational households in People`s Republic of China. 1. ed. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Lebensunterhaltsstrategien von multilokalen Haushalten in der Volksrepublik China.
Quelle	Essen: Klartext-Verl. (2013), 252 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Dortmund international planning series. 61
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-3-8375-0805-5
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Raum; Sozialisation; Familie; Bildungsabschluss; Entwicklungsland; Migration; Saisonarbeiter; Saisonarbeit; Öffentlicher Haushalt; Arbeitsmigration; Pflege; Haushaltseinkommen; Konsolidierung; Strategie; Überlebensstrategie; Asien; China; Ostasien
Abstract	"China's economic transformation over the last 30 years has been accompanied by accelerated urbanisation and a massive wave of internal migration. According to official statistics, there are more than 230 million migrant workers in China - the majority of whom can be considered as temporary migrants, as they do not enjoy the same rights and social benefits as permanent City dwellers. Nearly all of them retain a foothold in their village of origin. This book contains the results of an explorative research project among Chinese migrant workers. The empirical research was conducted in 2010 in four distinct rural-urban migration corridors in different parts of China. As a conceptual anchor, the researchers used the paradigm of multi-locality to ascertain the numerous informal linkages between villages of origin and megacities at the household level. The project thus focused on the household perspective, and addressed both economic and noneconomic livelihood opportunities (e.g. education of children, health care or care for the elderly). Beyond the household level, the study also looked at specific informal support networks for multi-locational households along family, kin or dialect lines." (publisher's description).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2014/4