Chinese Citizenship (Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy)

Bringing a new dimension to the study of citizenship, Chinese Citizenship examines how individuals at the margins of Chinese society deal with state efforts to transform them into model citizens in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Based on extensive original research, the authors argue that social and cultural citizenship has a greater impact on people’s lives than legal, civil and political citizenship. The seven case studies present intimate portraits of the conflicted identities of peasants, criminals, ethnic minorities, the urban poor, rural migrant children in the cities, mainland migrants in Hong Kong and Chinese youth studying abroad, as they negotiate the perilous dilemmas presented by globalization and neoliberalism.  Drawing on a diverse array of theories and methods from anthropology, sociology, education, political science, cultural studies and development studies, the book presents fresh perspectives and highlights the often devastating consequences that citizenship distinctions can have on Chinese lives.

Chinese Citizenship: Views from the Margins (Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy)

Fong, Vanessa L.

Murphy, Rachel

Reference

Routledge

This study examines the changing effects of labor migration on the countryside of post-Mao China. Most of the changes are occurring because the migrants send money home and return to their villages for visits or to resettle. The return flows of money, people and information affects rural inequalities, rural spending patterns, agriculture, family relationships, the position of women, and the interactions between villagers and officials. Importantly, some returned migrants even create businesses at home. The book is based on in-depth fieldwork in the Chinese countryside, and it draws comparisons with migration and rural development in other countries.

How Migrant Labor is Changing Rural China (Cambridge Modern China Series)

Business & Money

Economics

Cambridge University Press

Product Description In China in 2018 over 200 million rural migrants worked away from their home villages, fuelling the country's rapid economic boom. In the 2010s over sixty-one million rural children had at least one parent who had migrated without them, while nearly half had been left behind by both parents. Rachel Murphy draws on her longitudinal fieldwork in two landlocked provinces to explore the experiences of these left-behind children and to examine the impact of this great migration on childhood in China and on family relationships. Using children's voices, she provides a multi-faceted insight into experiences of parental migration, study pressures, poverty, institutional discrimination, patrilineal family culture, and reconfigured gendered and intergenerational relationships. Review ‘In contrast to most discussion of left behind children, Rachel Murphy puts children at the center of her analysis. Her conceptualization of families divided by parental migration as multi-local ‘striving teams' both deepens our understanding of the children's participation and identifies specific policies that could reduce the suffering and insecurity of tens of millions of divided families.' Deborah Davis, Yale University, Connecticut‘In this sociological first, Rachel Murphy brings children's voices into the conversations about China's strategy of rapid capital accumulation based on a labor migration system involving long-term separation of migrant parents in the cities from children left in the villages. Combining great erudition with heartrending vignettes of generation after generation trapped in ceaseless toil in pursuit of unreachable dreams, this important study will change our understandings of migration, family, and gender in this major world power.' Susan Greenhalgh, Harvard University, Massachusetts‘A meticulous and insightful chronicle of China's left-behind generation. The voices of children separated from their parents defy a simplistic characterization of a ‘lost generation'. The lives of tens of millions of children continue a story of the Chinese family's long-held tradition of striving and sacrifice for better lives.' Wang Feng, University of California, Irvine‘This book will inspire scholars and students in the fields of adult-child relationships, migration and multilocal families, and children’s education with a fresh look at migration, family, and gender in contemporary China.’ G. Li, Choice Book Description Rachel Murphy explores Chinese children's experience of having migrant parents and the impact this has on family relationships in China. About the Author Rachel Murphy is Professor of Chinese Development and Society and fellow of St Antony's College at the University of Oxford. She is President of the British Association of Chinese Studies and the author of How Migrant Labor Is Changing Rural China (2002).

The Children of China's Great Migration

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

In China in 2018 over 200 million rural migrants worked away from their home villages, fuelling the country's rapid economic boom. In the 2010s over sixty-one million rural children had at least one parent who had migrated without them, while nearly half had been left behind by both parents. Rachel Murphy draws on her longitudinal fieldwork in two landlocked provinces to explore the experiences of these left-behind children and to examine the impact of this great migration on childhood in China and on family relationships. Using children's voices, she provides a multi-faceted insight into experiences of parental migration, study pressures, poverty, institutional discrimination, patrilineal family culture, and reconfigured gendered and intergenerational relationships.

Parenting & Relationships

Money conversations can be difficult.\nIf you are like most people, no one taught you about money. In fact, you may still sometimes feel like you don’t know what you are doing and are unsure of how to teach money principles to your teen. One thing is for sure, you know that you don’t want them to struggle when they get out on their own. 
In I Am Not Your ATM: A Practical Plan for Teaching Your Teen to Manage Money, Rachel Murphy shares the knowledge and tools to help you teach your teen. You will gain the know-how and confidence to teach your teen how to handle money even if no one taught you.\nIn this book you will learn:\n•Why your past money mistakes don’t determine your future 
•How to change the way you view money 
•Why average is a scary place to be 
•How to instill confidence in your teen 
•How to teach your teen about money in a hands-on way 
•How to eliminate the arguments and stress around money\nThe teen years can be a great opportunity to teach your young person money skills. Instead of money being a point of contention and stress like it is for many parents and teens, you can become a team working together to help your teen build a strong foundation for the future.

I Am Not Your ATM: A Practical Plan For Teaching Your Teen To Manage Money

Finance

Murphy Solutions, LLC

It's Okay to not be Okay

Self-Help

Self-Esteem

Book Writing Studios

Say You Love Me

Romance

Contemporary

Independently published

Into The Wild: Shadow Work Journal And Workbook For Healing Your Lost Inner Child

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Shadow Work Workbook: Interactive Journal For Women For Healing Your Lost Inner Child

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