Chloé Froissart (2013) China and its migrants. Presses universitaires de Rennes. coll. Res Publica.
China’s economic reforms have triggered the greatest rural exodus in world history, which now presents one of the major challenges the Chinese regime must face. While binding the Party to exercise the rule of law, the opening up of the market has also created a new social class, migrant workers, seemingly second-class citizens in the cities of their own country.
This book shows how the role of migrants in society has evolved and how this evolution has redefined Chinese citizenship, without calling into question the principals which support the Party’s dominance. By combining an analysis of public politics to a social and political approach focused on society’s resistance, Froissart brings to light the dynamics and tensions which underlie the Chinese regime’s transformation.
Based on five years of field studies, this book offers an unprecedented insight into the manner in which the Party has been able to adapt itself to the changes arising since the launch of the reforms and find its own way to modernity.
This book was developed from Chloé Froissart’s prize winning doctoral thesis.
Chloé Froissart will be presenting her book at several venues in November. She will make an appearance:
- at the Librairie Le Phénix in Paris, Friday 22 November, 2013 at 6 p.m.
- at the Film Festival in Pessac, Sunday 24 November, 2013 at 3 p.m.
- at the CERI, Wednesday 27 November, 2013. at 5 p.m.
She has also given an interview, in French, to the radio station RCF in two parts, aired November 12 and 13, which will be available on podcast on their website.
