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Book SynopsisCho analyzes the different experiences of poverty among laid-off urban workers and recent migrants, two groups that share a common economic duress in China's Rustbelt cities but who rarely unite as one class owed protection by the state.
Trade Review"The specter of 'the people' is a welcome addition to the investigation of the ever-shifting status of the poor in China’s quickly changing political economy...[it] is an important contribution that adds new insights to an ongoing discussion about China’s poor, and the state policies that at varying times help, hinder, or simply ignore them." — Marc L. Moskowitz,Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
This well-researched and very readable book has a number of strong points.... [It] is a great contribution to the understanding of contemporary China from aspects of everyday urban poverty and governance that will suit both academics and students specializing in anthropology and/or China studies. It will also be useful to those who are interested in life at the grassroots level in urban China.
-- Jialing Luo * Asian Ethnology *
Table of ContentsIntroduction1. In Search of "the People"2. Gambling on a New Home3. On the Border between "the People" and "the Population"4. The Will to Survive5. Inclusive Exclusion6. Dividing the PoorConclusionNotes
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