Mobility, sociability and well-being of urban living. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donggen Wang, Shenjing He, editors.
• Editors: Wang, Donggen; He, Shenjing
• Contents: Introduction; Part IMobility and Immobility; 1 Between Mobility and Immobility: Undocumented African Migrants Living in the Shadow of the Chinese State; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 ``Illegal'' Residence as a Transnational Mobility Strategy; 1.3 Reasons for Migration; 1.4 The Social and Legal Construction of African ``Illegality'' in Guangzhou; 1.5 ``Illegality'' as Lived Experiences; 1.6 Alternative Motility Options; 1.7 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Disciplined Mobility and Migrant Subalternity: Sketching the Politics of Motorcycle Taxis in Guangzhou; Abstract. 2.1 Introduction2.1.1 Towards a Politics of Mobility; 2.1.2 Introducing This Study; 2.2 Methods; 2.3 Setting the Scene: The Regulation of Motorcycle Taxis in Guangzhou; 2.4 Representing and Regulating Motorcycle Mobility; 2.4.1 The Motorcycle as Discursive Construction; 2.4.2 Encountering the State on the Street; 2.5 Motorcycle Mobility as Experience of Subaltern Identity; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3 Reappropriation Through Occupation: Interrogating on-Street Parking in Chinese Cities; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Automobility and the Parking Problem. 3.3 On-Street Parking in Chinese Cities3.4 Occupancy Urbanism of the Middle Class; 3.5 Discussion: Beyond the Planners' Nightmare; 3.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Part IIUrban living and Socio-spatialExperiences; 4 China's New Generation Migrant Workers' Urban Experience and Well-Being; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Research Framework and Data Source; 4.3 New Generation Migrants in the Pearl River Delta: Urban Experience Shaped by Habitus and Field; 4.3.1 New Generation Migrants' Urban Lives and Well-Being; 4.3.2 Habitus in a Highly Unequal and Contested Urban Field. 4.3.2.1 A Highly Unequal and Contested Urban Field4.3.2.2 New Generation Migrants' Habitus; Self-stigmatization; Changing Imagination and Representation of City and Home; Urban Aspiration and Future Plans; 4.4 Framing New Generation Migrants' Urban Experience by the State, Market, and Society; 4.4.1 Institutional Barriers Produced by the State; 4.4.2 Market Constraints and Opportunities; 4.4.3 Social Processes and Relations; 4.5 Conclusions; References; 5 Urban Villages and the Contestation of Urban Space: The Case of Shenzhen; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Production of Urban Villages. 5.3 Construction Mania5.4 Evolving Space Use; 5.5 Redeveloping Urban Villages; 5.6 Discussion; References; 6 Mobility and Quality of Life of the Elderly in Urban China: The Role of Household Structure; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Analytical Framework for the Relationship Between Quality of Life and Mobility; 6.3 Research Design; 6.4 Qualitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Quality of Life and Mobility in Extended Families; 6.4.1 Physical and Functional Well-Being; 6.4.2 Social Well-Being; 6.4.3 Psychological Well-Being; 6.4.3.1 Educational Level and Occupation.
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.76/0951; City and town life -- Social aspects -- China; Urban transportation -- China; Migration, Internal -- China; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban; City and town life -- Social aspects; Migration, Internal; Urban transportation; China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662481844; 3662481847; 3662481839; 9783662481837
• Related ISBNs: 9783662481837
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 5, 2016).
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