Ritualized Law and Livelihood Fragility of Left-Behind Women in Rural China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15468927 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chao Wang (0000-0002-4737-0717, China University of Mining and Technology), Jiayi Tang (0000-0002-9558-0823, China University of Mining and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 4323-4323 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph17124323 |
| PMID | 32560353 |
| OpenAlex | W3036967731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 4 |
Family separation in rural China has led to a considerably large number of left-behind women who have to deal with livelihood fragility. The Department for International Development (DFID) framework focusing on households provides a base to understand the livelihood fragility of these women. Based on this framework and the existing field research, this study identifies that the national macro-strategy of unsynchronized development of industrialization, informatization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization leads to a separated migration model for rural families. Furthermore, the process of social modernization increases the fragility risk of how the left-behind family functions. The traditional gender culture expectations also directly affect rural families to make the livelihood strategy choice of, "male working outside, female taking care of home". Based on the above theoretical research, this study extracts the concept of "ritualized law" to shed light on gender differentiation and family separation. A number of formal social security institutions have been established to promote the development of farmers, however, the ingrained culture gender differentiation encourages men to work in the profitable urban industry while women work in the field of unpaid agriculture and shoulder the responsibility of housework. This makes the formal institution a symbolic ornament for left-behind women, while they are forced to stay in rural areas and suffer from the fragility of livelihood
Agriculture · Business · China · Economic growth · Economics · Fragility · Geography · Industrialisation · Informatization · Livelihood · Modernization theory · Political science · Rural area · Social security · Sociology · Urbanization · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |