POL215Y1 Lecture : 2012-02-16_Lecture#6-State Policy I.doc
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Lecture#6-state policy i: house hold registration limits residents from countryside to move to city. Doesn"t restrict physical mobility but restricts by not allowing excess migrant workers to enjoy same benefits as urban residents. Hukou/hk registrar: hukou/hk registrar compared to indian caste system. Younger than 45 years old: manufacturing and construction and social industries. Social discrimination in the city (for migrant workers: migrant workers face major inequalities b/c in the cities, china is a two tiered system. The hukou system ties people to the place where they live. Chinese citizens are classified into agricultural and nonagricultural residents. If you are born in the countryside, you have this passport thing. Traditionally served three purposes: resource distribution, migration control, monitoring of targeted people (not as important, food rations, grain subsidies were provided by chinese government to. Migrant workers in the beginning of the 60s, 70s and even 80s. Government runs more employment opportunities, medical care, etc for urban bias.
