Livelihoods and Migrants' Social Protection: An Investigation of Migration and Health in Beijing and Tianjin, North China

Zhang, H.X. (2010) Livelihoods and Migrants' Social Protection: An Investigation of Migration and Health in Beijing and Tianjin, North China. Working Paper. University of Leeds, Department of East Asian Studies , Duisburg, Germany. ISSN 2044-7892

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Abstract

This paper contributes to a growing body of research on the social protection for rural-urban migrants in Chinese cities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and Tianjin and applying an analytical framework of livelihood studies, it examines an important aspect of migrants‟ social protection, namely migrants‟ health, in particular workplace safety and occupational health. It aims at (1) delineating the current state of affairs in respect of social protection for rural migrants; (2) identifying the risks and threats to migrants‟ health as perceived by the actors involved; (3) examining the extent to which the social rights of rural migrants are recognized, and the struggles that migrants have fought for securing livelihood and realising such rights; and (4) assessing the central and local government responses to the challenges posed for mobile livelihoods and suggesting possible ways forward.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2010 by the author.
Keywords:	Rural-urban migration, migrants‟ social protection, social policy, social exclusion, livelihood, health, access, China
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts (Leeds) > School of Modern Languages and Cultures (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Repository Officer
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2010 10:38
Last Modified:	08 Feb 2013 17:29
Published Version:	http://leeds.wreac.org/research/publications/leap
Status:	Published
Publisher:	University of Leeds, Department of East Asian Studies
Identification Number:	Leeds East Asia Papers, New Series Number 2
URI:	http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/42609

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