Migration as a rural development strategy and the migrants involved: an account of a migrants' hometown in Sichuan, China

Yamaguchi Mami

No 337, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: This paper attempts to describe part of the history of Chinese rural migration to urban industrial areas. Using a case study of a township in Sichuan, the author examines a type of rural development which she defines as a "bottom-up" style strategy of regional development. Different types of social mobility are observed in the case study, and over its long history, migration in the township has offered diverse means of social mobility to the local peasants. The paper concludes by considering the diversity and limits of Chinese social mobility at this stage.

Keywords: China; Population movement; Social change; Migration; Social mobility; Rural development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I39 J49 J61 J68 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-03-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-his, nep-mig and nep-tra
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