Springer Urbanization and Its Impact in Contemporary China (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)

This book addresses a wide range of social issues in connection with urbanization, which is providing new momentum for China’s economic restructuring and social progress, including the educational gap; the middle class in urbanization; consumption; division of labor; and social integration.  All chapters are based on updated nation-wide sampling survey data. Taken together, they provide a lens for understanding various aspects of urbanization and its impacts on China’s economy and society. Review “The purpose of the book series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path is to remove the language barriers and provide audiences in other countries ‘a thorough understanding’ of the achievement of China related to reform and opening … . It focuses on the increasingly widened gap between urban and rural residents in those areas including consumption patterns, labor market segmentation, educational opportunities, social integration of migrant workers and the growth of a middle class.” (Fei Chen, Eurasian Geography and Economics, September 17, 2019) From the Back Cover This book addresses a wide range of social issues in connection with urbanization, which is providing new momentum for China’s economic restructuring and social progress, including the educational gap; the middle class in urbanization; consumption; division of labor; and social integration.  All chapters are based on updated nation-wide sampling survey data. Taken together, they provide a lens for understanding various aspects of urbanization and its impacts on China’s economy and society.