Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Marginalisation and Globalisation in Transitional China -- PART 1: CHINA IN TRANSITION: INEQUALITY, POVERTY AND MARGINALISATION -- 2 Marginalisation in the Chinese Countryside: The Question of Rural Poverty -- 3 Marginalisation of Laid-off State-owned Enterprise Workers in Wuhan -- 4 Marginalisation in the Chinese Energy Sector: The Case of Township and Village Coal Mines -- 5 Living and Working at the Margin: Rural Migrant Workers in China's Transitional Cities -- 6 Marginalisation and Health Provision in Transitional China -- 7 Institutional Responses to the Changing Patterns of Poverty and Marginalisation in China since 1949 -- PART 2: MARGINALISATION IN THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION IN CHINA -- 8 Globalisation and Marginalisation of Chinese Overseas Contract Workers -- 9 The World Trade Organization and Chinese Farmers: Implications for Agricultural Crisis and Marginalisation -- 10 China, the World Trade Organization and the End of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing: Impacts on Workers -- 11 Conceptualising the Links: Migration, Health and Sustainable Livelihoods in China -- 12 Spatial and Social Marginalisation of Health in China: The Impact of Globalisation -- 13 Civil Society and Marginalisation: Grassroots NGOs in Qinghai Province -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Economic transition in China has witnessed (re)centralization of resources from the margin to the core in economic, social and political senses. This book employs a marginalization lens to reveal, delineate and better understand the processes, patterns, trends, multiple dimensions and dynamics of the phenomenon, and the consequences and implications for development and well-being in the country. Bringing together a wide range of domestic and international experts and disciplinary perspectives, the book combines empirical research and conceptual analysis to provide an insightful overview of China's recent development. It contributes to the debate over marginalization and its interactions with globalization and transition in China, and has significance for various domestic and international policy arenas in respect of tackling marginalization, poverty and social exclusion effectively while striving for the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals in China and beyond.

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