Ways and forms of improving the migration of peasant to cities in China
https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2020-26-2-226-238
Abstract
Internal migration often differs from international migration in terms of citizens’ ideas about free mobility within the territory. However, domestic migrants may still face significant obstacles to integration due to institutional structures in countries. The Hukou system, originally conceived as a means of preventing the potential transition of rural residents to urban masses during the Maoist era, created a clear divide between rural and urban areas and limited access to social security in the region where citizens are legally registered. This article examines the rigid Hukou system, which is outdated in the current Chinese social context, as it can no longer stop migration from rural areas to cities and only contributes to increasing inequality between rural migrants and their host urban populations, while highlighting differences in social status and discrimination against migrants from rural to urban areas. In addition, this article highlights the main obstacles to easing Hukou-based constraints and provides some policy recommendations that can be helpful in building a more inclusive society.
About the Author
Lili Van
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Van Lili, Postgraduate Student, Department of Modern Sociology, Faculty of Sociology
Leninskiye Gory, 1-33, Moscow, 119234
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Van L. Ways and forms of improving the migration of peasant to cities in China. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2020;26(2):226-238. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2020-26-2-226-238
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