Contemporary minority migration, education, and ethnicity in China

Robyn Iredale, Naran Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy

"The book concentrates on the migration of minorities from a social, economic and ethnic perspective and attempts to quantify the overall level of movement. In particular, the authors examine the relationships between education, ethnicity and migration and identify the policies and conditions conductive to achieving positive outcomes for minority migrant households. The book aims to increase our understanding of the effects of movement, on the social, economic and ethnic status of migrant families. Taking existing census data as a starting point, the book makes a new contribution by drawing on a unique survey in four different regions, the data from which is used as the basis for detailed case study analysis." "The study of internal migration is vital, the authors argue, in order to understand the change process from a centrally planned economic system to a market orientated society...

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