Organizing through division and exclusion : China's Hukou system
This is an original and comprehensive examination of China's hukou (household registration) system, a system that fundamentally determines the Chinese way of life and shapes China's sociopolitical structure and socioeconomic development.
Print Book, English, 2005
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 2005
xiv, 304 s
9780804750394, 0804750394
474719458
Table of Contents for Organizing Through Division and Exclusion Preface 1. Institutional Exclusion and the Case of China 2. The Origin and Evolution of China's Hukou System 3. The Registrations: Structural and Operational Features of the PRC Hukou System 4. The PRC Hukou System in Action: Division, Exclusion, and Control 5. The Impact of the PRC Hukou System 6. China's Hukou System in Comparative Perspective 7. The Future of China's Hukou System Notes Bibliography Index