@article{827012, recid = {827012}, author = {Gao, Yan, and Fennell, Shailaja,}, title = {China's rural-urban inequality in the countryside /}, pages = {1 online resource (xviii, 181 pages) :}, abstract = {This book approaches the issue of rural-urban inequality through fieldwork conducted in a specific township (Zuogang) in Qinggang County, part of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China. Presenting painstaking fieldwork in a single location, it successfully illuminates fundamental aspects of the reality and the complexity of rural-urban inequality that cannot be found in macro-level studies, most of which are prepared by economists. The book offers a unique combination of rigorous economic analysis with insightful social and anthropological analysis, as well as revealing interviews with local government officials. This approach provides a rich tapestry of rural perceptions of rural-urban inequality. With in-depth analysis and empirical evidence on questions concerning the development and root causes of urban-rural disparities, the book significantly enriches our understanding of the widely discussed issue of rural-urban income inequality, but from the unique perspective of rural China. .}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/827012}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8273-3}, }