Urban Inequalities Under State Socialism
Author | : Iván Szelényi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Iván Szelényi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Yanjie Bian |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1994-01-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0791496724 |
This book offers a systematic analysis of the impact of work organization on the social stratification of individuals in urban China. It explains why economic and labor market segmentation is possible and necessary in state socialism at a certain stage of its development, as in market capitalism, and how important one's work unit or danwei is to the life of socialist workers in Chinese cities. Based on survey data, personal interviews, and official statistics, the author shows that structural allocation, status inheritance, educational achievement, political virtue, and interpersonal connections (guanxi) interplay in determining an individual's opportunities for entering and moving into a desirable place to work, for obtaining Communist party membership and an elite class status, and for receiving material compensation such as wages, bonuses, fringe benefits, housing, and home locations.
Author | : Iván Szelényi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : 9780198771760 |
Author | : Martin K. Whyte |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2010-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674036307 |
"A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants." -- BOOK PUBLISHER WEBSITE.
Author | : Gregory Andrusz |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2011-08-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1444399152 |
Cities After Socialism is the first substantial and authoritative analysis of the role of cities in the transition to capitalism that is occurring in the former communist states of Easter Europe and the Soviet Union. It will be of equal value to urban specialists and to those who have a more general interest in the most dramatic socio-political event of the contemporary era - the collapse of state socialism. Written by an international group of leading experts in the field, Cities after socialism asks and answers some crucial questions about the nature of the emergent post-socialist urban system and the conflicts and inequalities which are being generated by the processes of change now occurring.
Author | : Tiit Tammaru |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2015-07-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317637488 |
Growing inequalities in Europe are a major challenge threatening the sustainability of urban communities and the competiveness of European cities. While the levels of socio-economic segregation in European cities are still modest compared to some parts of the world, the poor are increasingly concentrating spatially within capital cities across Europe. An overlooked area of research, this book offers a systematic and representative account of the spatial dimension of rising inequalities in Europe. This book provides rigorous comparative evidence on socio-economic segregation from 13 European cities. Cities include Amsterdam, Athens, Budapest, London, Milan, Madrid, Oslo, Prague, Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vienna and Vilnius. Comparing 2001 and 2011, this multi-factor approach links segregation to four underlying universal structural factors: social inequalities, global city status, welfare regimes and housing systems. Hypothetical segregation levels derived from those factors are compared to actual segregation levels in all cities. Each chapter provides an in-depth and context sensitive discussion of the unique features shaping inequalities and segregation in the case study cities. The main conclusion of the book is that the spatial gap between the poor and the rich is widening in capital cities across Europe, which threatens to harm the social stability of European cities. This book will be a key reference on increasing segregation and will provide valuable insights to students, researchers and policy makers who are interested in the spatial dimension of social inequality in European cities. Chapters 1 and 15 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.
Author | : Xueguang Zhou |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2004-11-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781139442510 |
This book presents a systematic study of social stratification processes in urban China, from 1949 to 1994. Based on the life histories of a sample of urban residents from 20 Chinese cities, this book addresses two themes: (1) the interplay between redistribution and social stratification under state socialism in urban China, especially the impact of the state and state policies on individual life chances, in such areas as education, labor force participation, promotion in organizations, and the distribution of manifest and latent economic benefits; (2) an assessment of sources and extent of China's economic transformation since the 1980s. The author blends sociological analysis and sensitivity to the historical context in interpreting changes and continuity in the 45-year history of state socialist China. This is a comprehensive and rigorous study of social stratification in China.
Author | : F. Wu |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2010-10-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0230299121 |
This book covers social inequalities in Chinese cities and provides comparative perspectives on inequality and social polarization, neoliberalization and the poor, the change of property rights, rural to urban migration and migrants' enclaves, deprivation and residential segregation, state social security and reemployment training programs.
Author | : Branko Milanovi? |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780821339947 |
World Bank Technical Paper No. 394. Joint Forest Management (JFM) has emerged as an important intervention in the management of Indias forest resources. This report sets out an analytical method for examining the costs and benefits of JFM arrangements. Two pilot case studies in which the method was used demonstrate interesting outcomes regarding incentives for various groups to participate. The main objective of this study is to develop a better understanding of the incentives for communities to participate in JFM.
Author | : Maarten van Ham |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2021-03-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 303064569X |
This open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis. Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.