Abstract
Based on seventy weeks of field research in Beijing and Shenzhen, as well as a review of relevant literature, this dissertation explores the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in creating and redefining local economic relationships with China’s 300 million internal migrant workers. The founders/directors of these organizations run programs to improve migrants’ access to legal aid, education, and sense of community. Their perspectives, experiences, and decision-making provide significant insights into China’s paradoxical relationship with its migrant workers as well as changing state-society relations in the transition to capitalism.
Degree Date
Fall 2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Anthropology
Advisor
Caroline Brettell
Second Advisor
Carolyn Smith-Morris
Third Advisor
Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna
Fourth Advisor
Alan Smart
Subject Area
Anthropology
Number of Pages
236
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Dorfman, Ian, "Nongovernmental China: 300 Million Migrant Workers and the NGO Response" (2018). Anthropology Theses and Dissertations.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25172/td/13309407
https://scholar.smu.edu/hum_sci_anthropology_etds/6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25172/td/13309407
