Chinas Rural-Urban Inequality in the Countryside - Yan Gao Shailaja Fennell Gebunden

This book approaches the issue of rural-urban inequality through fieldwork conducted in a specific township (Zuogang) in Qinggang County part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. Presenting painstaking fieldwork in a single location it successfully illuminates fundamental aspects of the reality and the complexity of rural-urban inequality that cannot be found in macro-level studies most of which are prepared by economists. The book offers a unique combination of rigorous economic analysis with insightful social and anthropological analysis as well as revealing interviews with lo cal government officials. This approach provides a rich tapestry of rural perceptions of rural-urban inequality. With in-depth analysis and empirical evidence on questions concerning the development and root causes of urban-rural disparities the book significantly enriches our understanding of the widely discussed issue of rural-urban income inequality but from the unique perspective of rural China.