The great migration of farmers leaving rural China to work and live in big cities as floaters has been an on-going debate in China for the past three decades. This book probes into the spatial mobility of migrant workers in Beijing; and questions the city rights issues beneath the city-making movement in contemporary China. In revealing and explaining the socio-spatial injustice; this volume re-theorizes the right to the city in the Chinese context since Deng Xiaopings reforms. The policy review; census analysis; and housing survey are conducted to examine the fate of migrant workers; who being the most marginalized group have to move persistently as the city expands and modernizes itself. The study also compares the migrant workers with local Pekinese dislocated by inner city renewals and city expansion activities. Rapid urban growth and land expropriation of peripheral farmlands have also created a by-product of urbanization; an informal property development by local farmers in response to rising low-cost rental housing demand. This is a highly comparable phenomenon with cities in other newly industrialized countries; such as Satilde;o Paulo. Readers will be provided with a good basis in understanding the interplay as well as conflicts between migrant workers housing rights and Chinas globalizing and branding pursuits of its capital city.Audience: This book will be of great interest to researchers and policy makers in housing planning; governance towards urban informalities; rights to the city; migrant control and management; and housing-related conflict resolutions in China today.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Pocket sized edition is beautiful but not for school purposesBy Karen AdrianWe all know the story so Imm going to remark on this actual edition.The MacMillan collectors library edition is a BEAUTIFUL book. The dust jacket design is lovely and subtle and not as dark as most Ive seen. It has gilt edges and looks like an heirloom quality book!That being said; if youre purchasing this as part of a classroom curriculum then this might not be the edition for you.This is a pocket edition; a feature I didnt notice when purchasing. Which means the margins are narrow and the tyoe is small point. So; if you will need to make annotations and notes within the text then this is probably not the edition for you.I got this for my son for this purpose and we dont have enough time to pick up a different copy so it will have to do; but I have a feeling it wont be easy going with this edition.If youre purchasing just to own a copy; this is a very beautiful book and would make a lovely gift or stocking stuffer!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A study of the Puritan mind setBy CustomerThe "Puritans" were those who wanted to to rid -- "purify" -- the Church of England of any and all Roman Catholic -- "papist" -- practices. Persecuted by members of the Church of England; many Puritans emigrated to New England and settled throughout. They brought with them their beliefs and practices; many of which were extremely austere and severe.Nathaniel Hawthornes "The Scarlet Letter" is set in the late 1600s and early 1700s in "Puritan" Boston. The story is about fornication and adultery and the consequences those acts -- "sins" -- have on the lives of four people. The story goes into some very dark places of the mind. However; in the end; "light and love" prevail over "darkness and evil".All-in-all I think the story has a happy ending. I loved it!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 50 Shades of ScarletBy euonymousThis is not only a great story with characters that we can all understand; it is such a seminal classic that American media; discourse; and entertainment are sprinkled with subtle and not so subtle references to the story. Years ago a good friend; bridge partner; and mathematics professor at MIT told me she had just completed classes for the year with an arcane but funny joke. (Yes; she told it to me and I didnt get it.) After the class laughed; she explained to them that she had to wait until the end of the year to tell that joke because they would not have understood it earlier. And thats one of the reasons we learn and study... we can share inside jokes! (Ok; the title line is a tad lame; but thats how we play with cultural references; new and old.)
