Children of Migrants in China
O ovoj e-knjizi
This book provides an updated analysis of this mega and painful process unfolding at various geographical scales. The chapters revolve around the central notion of family togetherness, or the lack thereof. The book measures, dissects, and analyses the impacts of migration on children and recommends policies to address major problems from a variety of disciplinary perspectives employing different methodologies. The problems faced by the children of migrants remain enormous, and it is a looming huge crisis in the making. If unaddressed, those problems can damage a whole generation with serious consequences.
The chapters in this book were first published in Eurasian Geography and Economics.
O autoru
Kam Wing Chan is Professor of Geography at the University of Washington. He is a leading expert on China's urbanization, migration, and the household registration (hukou) system.
Yuan Ren is Professor at Fudan University’s School of Social Development and Public Policy, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Population Research.
