Polarized Cities

Polarized Cities
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9781538116494
ISBN-13 : 1538116499
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Book Synopsis Polarized Cities by : Dorothy J. Solinger

Download or read book Polarized Cities written by Dorothy J. Solinger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful book presents a fresh and compelling set of portraits that bring to life the human dimension of the vast and growing social and economic divides in urban China. Leading scholars explore the increasing rigidity of class and social boundaries, focusing on two new “castes” in contemporary China’s cities—the immensely wealthy and the abjectly poor. Much has been made of the rise in incomes, the elimination of much rural poverty, and the expansion of an urban middle class over almost forty years of spectacular economic growth. But what often has been overlooked is the polarization, exclusion, and exclusiveness in cities that have accompanied this rise, along with the threat that these trends will extend to future generations. The book considers five cases that emblematize these castes and depict their varying degrees of agency. Highlighting the social groups at opposite ends of the social hierarchy, the contributors illuminate the growing inequality in urban China today.


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