Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Poverty, Risks and Influences
Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Studies on China in Transition
ISBN: 978-1-03-274845-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
The research presented in this book identifies the causes and the consequences of precarious employment and in- work poverty and analyses the stakeholders’ responses to the changes in the context of employment in China’s socialist market economy. The book explains why precarious workers tend to remain outsiders to rapid socio-economic transformation and informs readers as to how people make choices, how those with different abilities adapt to the process of de-traditionalisation, and how marketisation changes people’s lifestyles, value systems, and policy designs.
Detailing empirical investigations of the experience and dynamics of workers’ precarious life, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese society, social policy, and poverty.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction. 1. Capability approach to the study of poverty 2. Precarious employment and precarious life 3. Family configurations, support responsibilities, and wellbeing 4. Dependency on social capital and isolation in social relations 5. The effect of social assistance policy on precarity and in-work poverty 6. Subjective wellbeing, agency, and coping strategies Conclusion: Capability deprivation in the risk society
