Explores the impact of changes within the 'hukou' system (household registration) on Chinese rural-urban migration

Considers migrant worker choices in coping techniques when dealing with major event such as wage exploitation, work injuries and illness.
Proposes a typology of coping which includes a variety of administrative coping, political coping and social coping, and considers.

Autorentext
Li Sun is a lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Her primary research interest is China's urbanization, including rural-urban migration, social inequality, social protection, land and housing issues, and public policies. Dr Sun also serves as a consultant to the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, as well as various government offices in China, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

Inhalt
Introduction.- A glance on rural urban migration.- Concepts and methods: coping as a social action.- Migration phases and state intervention in the history of the PRC.- Rural urban migration policies in China since 2000s.- Job Seeking: social networks as a functional substitute for government's program.- Wage exploitation: protests as an emerging strategy in Chinese society.- Work-related injuries: injured but not entitled for legal compensation.- Illness in cities: claimants appreciate the usefulness of money.- Conclusion and Discussion.