Affiliated Faculty Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Phone
313-577-2930
Fax
313-577-2735
Office
2247 F/AB
Selected publications
2015. “Building China: The Rise of Informal Work and the New Precariat,” Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
Winner of 2016 Book Award, Sociology of Development Section, American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for 2016 Book Award, Labor and Labor Movements Section, American Sociological Association
“Migration and Regional Inequality: Changing Characteristics of China’s Economic Inequality.” Eurasian Geography and Economics (with co-author Lianqing Peng).
“Informal and precarious work, the precariat and China.” Rural China
2016. “Land Expropriation in China: An Examination of Negotiations and Compensation,” Urban Geography, pp. 1-19 (co-authors Hui Wang, Xiao Chen and Pengyu Zhu)
2015. 纸永久暂时性的中国建筑行业 (Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry), Labor Sociology Review (劳动社会学评论) July vol. 1.
2014. “Building China: Migrants in Precarious Work in China’s Construction Industry,” in Work, Employment, and Society. Published online before print August 4, 2014, doi: 10.1177/0950017014526631.
Awarded the 2016 Work, Employment and Society (WES) SAGE Prize for Innovation and/or Excellence
2014. “Reshaping China’s Urban Citizenship: Street Vendors, Chengguan and Struggles over the Right to the City,” Critical Sociology. Published online before print April 29, 2014, doi: 10.1177/0896920514529676
Research Description
Better Men Outreach and the informal Economy (closes January 1, 2018)
Sociology