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  • Migration Patterns and Intentions of Floating Population in Transitional China

    The Road for Urban Dream Chasers

    by Tiyan Shen, Xin Lao, Hengyu Gu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book investigates domestic migration and migration intentions in China from the individual, city, and provincial levels. Since the 1990s, accompanying the rapid urbanization, an important feature of China’s social transition is its large-scale interregional migration, which has reshaped China’s economic geography and population distribution and greatly affected the socio-economic development. ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

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  • Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China

    Edited by Hiroshi Sato, Shi Li ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring. Though the scale of the problem is huge, very few studies have examined the changes in income inequality in the late 1990s due to a lack of data on household incomes.Based on extensive original research, this book redresses this imbalance, examining the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Environmental Sustainability

    A Consumption Approach

    by Raghbendra Jha, K.V. Bhanu Murthy ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
    With globalization fast becoming an irreversible process, it is necessary to pay increased attention to the implications for environmental sustainability. However, the so-called environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) argument implies that rapid economic growth in many developing countries should be environmentally unsustainable.Environmental Sustainability addresses this dichotomy and articulates a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction in Contemporary China

    by Shujie Yao ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    China has experienced over a quarter century of rapid economic growth, which has had a phenomenal impact on the global economy. Entering into the twenty-first century implies that China has begun a new phase of economic and social development. Yao reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 to the present, paying special attention to growth, inequality and poverty ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • China's Development and Harmonization

    Towards a Balance with Nature, Society and the International Community

    Edited by Bin Wu, Shujie Yao, Jian Chen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
    The concept of ‘harmonization’ has become very popular in China, with the Chinese government increasingly applying the term ‘harmonious society’ to internal affairs and the term ‘harmonious world’ to international relationships. Harmonization as both an end and a means of China’s development is deeply rooted in China’s cultural tradition, which emphasizes moderation, balance and harmony between ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion

    Culture, Economy, and Colonial Legacies

    Edited by Michael Windzio, Ivo Mossig, Fabian Besche-Truthe, Helen Seitzer ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade*,* colonial history, similarity in culture, and spatial proximity. Networks are viewed as the structural backbone of the diffusion process, and diffusion is anlaysed via several ... Read more

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  • Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China

    Towards a New Dialogue

    Edited by Gwilym Pryce, Ya Ping Wang, Yu Chen, Jingjing Shan, Houkai Wei ...
    Series series The Urban Book Series
    This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of inequality and segregation, and the implications for urban development. Through a rich collection of ... Read more

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  • Cultural Differences and Economic Globalization

    Effects on trade, foreign direct investment, and migration

    by Roger White ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    Economic globalization is the process of increased integration among nations, characterized and fostered by three elements of international trade- goods and services, international capital flows, and international migration. In recent decades, international economic integration has increased both in depth (more pronounced bilateral connections) and in breadth (connections have become more ... Read more

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  • China's Regional Development

    Review and Prospect

    Edited by Ming Lu, Zhao Chen, Zhu Xiwei, Xu Xianxiang ...
    China is a large developing economy and it has been deeply involved in globalization since its economic reform and opening-up. Simultaneously, China has seen a significant change in the spatial distribution of economic resources, especially capital and labor. In the recent 10 years, economists have made significant progress in both theoretical and empirical studies on related topics.The book ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Mega-City Region Development in China

    Edited by Anthony G.O. Yeh, George C. S. Lin, Fiona F. Yang ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City
    This book sheds light on the mega-city region development in China as a new form of urbanization which plays a crucial role in the economic development of the country. It examines the challenges faced by the mega-city regions and opens up avenues for debates and further research.Economic reform of 1978 has led to an unprecedented growth in the population and economic development of China. A large ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Unmaking China's Development

    The Function and Credibility of Institutions

    by Peter Ho ...
    Why would the removal of authoritarian institutions in some developing countries lead to sustained socio-economic crisis, while others experience explosive growth despite 'persisting' informal, insecure and rent-seeking institutional arrangements? A key to solving this enigma lies in understanding China, a country where the paradoxes of development are highly visible. Peter Ho argues that ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

  • Diversity of Patchwork Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by Ryszard Rapacki ...
    This book is a comparative study which sheds a new empirical and theoretical light on the nature of post-communist capitalism in 11 EU new member countries of Central and Eastern Europe, or CEE11.Extending and modifying a well-established conceptual framework for comparative capitalism rooted in new institutional economics and economic sociology, it offers a better explanation for transition ... Read more

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