Internal migration and left-behind populations in China

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1119-1146

  Ye, Jingzhong ^a   Wang, Chunyu ^a   Wu, Huifang ^a   He, Congzhi ^a   Liu, Juan ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bio politics; impact studies; internal migration; left behind population; political economy

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL HISTORY; RURAL SOCIETY; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84890953192     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.861421     Document Type: Article

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