Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 127-151.

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A Study on RuralUrban Migrants’ Practical Strategies for Social Inclusion: Towards a Community Inclusion Approach

 Liu Jian-e   

  1. Dept. of Social Work and Sociology, Yunnan University
  • Online:2010-01-20 Published:2010-01-20
  • Supported by:
    This research is found by “Social Policy in the Context of Rural Labor Migration”[04JZD0020] of the Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research,Ministry of Education in China

Abstract:

This study took the community inclusion approach to explore ruralurban migrants’ practical strategies for social inclusion in China. The author summarized the migrants’ practical strategies for community inclusion in four categoriesorganizational strategies, professional strategies, policy action, and culture inclusionso that communities could respond to the migrants’ general needs, provide institutional support, improve the policy environment, and cultivate an inclusive culture in a timely manner. The author also proposed that, building upon the research on community businesses, it was important to develop a theoretical model to promote the migrants’ overall social inclusion, which should use both the broad crosscommunity perspective and the indepth decisionmaking perspective to help the migrants’ social capital grow and shift from the rural to the urban so that their overall social inclusion could become a reality.