Better city, better life, but for whom?: The hukou and resident card system and the consequential citizenship stratification in Shanghai

City, Culture and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Li, Limei ^a   Li, Si ming ^b   Chen, Yingfang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Hukou; Migrants; Residence card system; Stratification; Urban citizenship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649802565     PISSN: 18779166     EISSN: 18779174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccs.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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