Heather Xiaoquan Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 223635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Xiaoquan Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather Xiaoquan |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG H X |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3397-0949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Urban education differentiation and its socio-economic consequences: An internet–survey-based structural equation modeling analysis of new white collar workers in Nanjing, China
Protecting Mobile Livelihoods: Actors’ Responses to the Emerging Health Challenges in Beijing and Tianjin
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and Tianjin, and applying a livelihood framework combined with a well-being perspective, this article examines an important aspect of rural–urban migrants’ social protection in China, namely migrants’ health, in particular work safety and occupational health. It argues that migrant workers’ social rights to health and livelihoods are a fiercely contested domain of citizenship entailing aspects of exclusio…
Guest Editor's Preface
Introduction to the Featured Topic "Transforming Rural China: Beyond the Urban Bias?", Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 38, 4 (2009)
Migration in a transitional economy: Beyond the planned and spontaneous dichotomy in Vietnam
Gender difference in inheritance rights: Observations from a Chinese village
This article analyses inheritance in Chinese village society within a broad notion of welfare and social policy research. Its central concern is with the gendered dimension of inheritance. Based on fieldwork, the study reveals a significant gap between legislation and reality with daughters losing their statutory rights to their brothers in rural households and the village community despite the legal recognition of equal rights between women and …
Contextualising reproductive rights challenges: The Vietnam situation
Female Migration and Urban Labour Markets in Tianjin
The spontaneous, large-scale population movement from the countryside to the cities witnessed in China since the early 1980s has drawn increasing attention in academic circles. However, research has tended to focus on quantitative macro-level data collection and interpretation rather than on the experiences of those involved in the migratory process. Using qualitative research methods, this article presents the experiences and perceptions of the …
Migration in a transitional economy: Beyond the planned and spontaneous dichotomy in Vietnam
Female Migration and Urban Labour Markets in Tianjin
The spontaneous, large-scale population movement from the countryside to the cities witnessed in China since the early 1980s has drawn increasing attention in academic circles. However, research has tended to focus on quantitative macro-level data collection and interpretation rather than on the experiences of those involved in the migratory process. Using qualitative research methods, this article presents the experiences and perceptions of the …
Protecting Mobile Livelihoods: Actors’ Responses to the Emerging Health Challenges in Beijing and Tianjin
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and Tianjin, and applying a livelihood framework combined with a well-being perspective, this article examines an important aspect of rural–urban migrants’ social protection in China, namely migrants’ health, in particular work safety and occupational health. It argues that migrant workers’ social rights to health and livelihoods are a fiercely contested domain of citizenship entailing aspects of exclusio…
Gender difference in inheritance rights: Observations from a Chinese village
This article analyses inheritance in Chinese village society within a broad notion of welfare and social policy research. Its central concern is with the gendered dimension of inheritance. Based on fieldwork, the study reveals a significant gap between legislation and reality with daughters losing their statutory rights to their brothers in rural households and the village community despite the legal recognition of equal rights between women and …
Contextualising reproductive rights challenges: The Vietnam situation
Urban education differentiation and its socio-economic consequences: An internet–survey-based structural equation modeling analysis of new white collar workers in Nanjing, China
Female Migration and Urban Labour Markets in Tianjin
The spontaneous, large-scale population movement from the countryside to the cities witnessed in China since the early 1980s has drawn increasing attention in academic circles. However, research has tended to focus on quantitative macro-level data collection and interpretation rather than on the experiences of those involved in the migratory process. Using qualitative research methods, this article presents the experiences and perceptions of the …
Contextualising reproductive rights challenges: The Vietnam situation
Gender difference in inheritance rights: Observations from a Chinese village
This article analyses inheritance in Chinese village society within a broad notion of welfare and social policy research. Its central concern is with the gendered dimension of inheritance. Based on fieldwork, the study reveals a significant gap between legislation and reality with daughters losing their statutory rights to their brothers in rural households and the village community despite the legal recognition of equal rights between women and …
Migration in a transitional economy: Beyond the planned and spontaneous dichotomy in Vietnam
Guest Editor's Preface
Introduction to the Featured Topic "Transforming Rural China: Beyond the Urban Bias?", Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 38, 4 (2009)
Protecting Mobile Livelihoods: Actors’ Responses to the Emerging Health Challenges in Beijing and Tianjin
Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and Tianjin, and applying a livelihood framework combined with a well-being perspective, this article examines an important aspect of rural–urban migrants’ social protection in China, namely migrants’ health, in particular work safety and occupational health. It argues that migrant workers’ social rights to health and livelihoods are a fiercely contested domain of citizenship entailing aspects of exclusio…
Urban education differentiation and its socio-economic consequences: An internet–survey-based structural equation modeling analysis of new white collar workers in Nanjing, China
Political science (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · China (3 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (2 works)