SPCIAL ISSUE： MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE COURSE OF URBANIZATION Introduction  

作　　者：Cai He 

机构地区：[1]Department of Sociology and Social Work, Sun Yat-sen University

出　　处：《Social Sciences in China》2008年第3期83-84,共2页中国社会科学（英文版）

摘　　要：The term ＂nongmin gong＂ （migrant workers, or literally, peasant/farmer-workers） was non- existent in any Chinese dictionary before the 1970s, and no equivalent may be found in an English dictionary even today. The seemingly contradictory combination of ＂peasant＂ and ＂worker＂ most accurately expresses the nature and social status of a large group in today＇s Chinese society. Members of this group are industrial workers in term of occupation, yet remain peasants in terms of status： they do not share the same rights as urban residents in the state redistributive system, even though they have ＂washed the mud off their feet,＂ and left their farmland to find employment in cities.

关 键 词：城市化 农民工 人口结构 生活方式 

分 类 号：F32[经济管理—产业经济] C913[社会学]