Spatial Mobility of Migrant Workers in Beijing, China

1.   China's Globalizing Primary Cities as a Contested Space: An Introduction

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Background: The City-Making Movement and Housing Inequality in China

1.3. What This Book is About

1.4. Research Methodologies and Contexts

1.5. Organization of This Book: Chapters                


Part I       Understanding the Spatial Mobility of China's Migrant Workers against a Backdrop of City-Branding Movements 

2.   The Intra-City Residential Mobility of Migrant Workers: A Literature Review

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Intra-City Residential Mobility in Advanced Economies

2.3. Mobility of Rural Migrants and their Urban Informalities in Third World Cities

2.4. Mobility of Rural Migrants in Urbanizing China

2.5. Weber, Harvey and Lefebvre's Theories of Socio-Spatial Mobility and the Notion of the 'Right'

2.6. Brief Summary: Bridging the Research Gaps between Western Theories and China Studies

                       

3.   Conflict between City Image Pursuits and Migrant Workers' Rights

3.1. Background: The Transition from a Command to a Market Economy

3.2. Developmental Urbanism versus Inequitable Access to City Rights

3.3. The Perceived Unjust Mobility Policies

3.4. Re-Theorizing the 'Right to the City' in the Chinese Context

3.5. Conclusion
                                             

Part II     Spatial Mobility of Migrant Workers in Globalizing Beijing, 2000-2010


4.   Demographic Profile, Spatial Mobility and Residence of Migrants in Beijing: Data from the 2010 Census

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Demographic Profile of Beijing's Migrants in 2010

4.3. The In-Migration of Beijing's Migrants in 2010

4.4. Spatial Distribution of Migrants in Beijing from 2000 to 2010

4.5. The Residence of Migrants in Beijing's Rural Areas in the 2000s

4.6. The Beijing Municipality's Governance Practices towards Migrant Workers and their Informal Housing

4.7. Conclusion: 'Right to the City' of Migrants