Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives Book

List of Tables vii

List of Figures x

Preface xii

Notes on the Contributors xiii

1 Introduction: China's Urban Marginalization in Comparative Perspectives Fulong Wu Chris Webster 1

Part I Concept and Comparative Perspectives of Marginalization 15

2 Urban Inequality and Polarization Chris Hamnett 17

3 Neoliberalism and the Urban Poor: A View from Latin America Alan Gilbert 29

Part II Property Rights and Marginalization in China 57

4 Entitlement to the Benefits of Urbanization: Comparing Migrant and Peri-urban 'Peasants' Chris Webster Yanjing Zhao 59

5 Property Rights, Citizenship and the Making of the New Poor in Urban China Fulong Wu 72

6 The Strength of Property Rights, Prospects for the Disadvantaged, and Constraints on the Actions of the Politically Powerful in Hong Kong and China Alan Smart 90

7 Empowerment or Marginalization: Land, Housing and Property Rights in Poor Neighbourhoods Hyun Bang Shin 112

Part III Rural-Urban Migration and Marginalization 131

8 Rural-Urban Migration in China: Scale, Composition, Pattern and Deprivation Athar Hussain Youjuan Wang 133

9 Private Rental Housing in 'Urban Villages' in Shenzhen: Problems or Solutions? Ya Ping Wang Yanglin Wang Jiansheng Wu 153

10 Chinese Urban Villages as Marginalized Neighbourhoods under Rapid Urbanization Yuting Liu Shenjing He 177

Part IV Deprivation and Segregation 201

11 Multiple Deprivations in Urban China: An Analysis of Individual Survey Data Yuan Yuan Fulong Wu 203

12 Post-reform Residential Segregation in Three Chinese Cities: Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Zhigang Li Fulong Wu 226

Part V State Action 251

13 The Urban Dibao: Guarantee for Minimum Livelihood or for Minimal Turmoil? Dorothy J. Solinger 253

14 State-funded Re-employment Training and Participation in Informal Employment in Tianjin Bingqin Li Huamin Peng 278

15 What Has Been Marginalized? Marginalization as the Constrained 'Right to the City' in Urban China Fulong Wu Chris Webster 301

Index 307