published_or_final_version / abstract / Social Work and Social Administration / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Liberty University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002. / Main text in Korean, with English summary and evaluation. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-105).

published_or_final_version / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Rural-urban migration in China during the reform era since 1978 is considered the most massive migration in the history of humankind. This migration is creating complex problems that attract continuous and extensive academic investigations. This paper aims at reviewing some of the dynamics that have facilitated this migration and the resulting welfare problems associated with the rapid economic development and urbanization in China. The binary structure of China (not only limited to the economic aspect but also the political and social aspects), the ‘Three Rural Issues” and the Chinese Household Registration (hukou) System are the core factors leading to the rural urban disparities. The disparities have resulted in this massive migration and thus created the bi-polar welfare states between the rural and the urban sectors. The study provides an overview of the marginalization of the rural-urban migrants despite the Chinese leaders’ ongoing appeals to improve the welfare treatment of this group of people. The study focuses on the less studied location of Dongguan, considering that well over 80% of the population of Dongguan are rural migrants. In reviewing the selected welfare indications of the migrants, this study challenges the improvements that the migrants obtained. Comparisons are made between the migrants’ situation in Dongguan and in their hometowns. Comparisons are also made to the selected welfare indicators (wages, social insurances, housing and education) of the migrants and their urban counterparts. / published_or_final_version / China Development Studies / Master / Master of Arts in China Development Studies

Thesis (LL. M.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-101).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 1994. / Pages 138-145 missing.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 6, 2008). Includes bibliographical references. Online version of the print original.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leave 255-274). Also available in print.