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Migrants' Health Seeking Actions in Guangzhou, China: Individual Action, Structure and Agency: Linkages and Change

Contributor(s): Bork-Huffer, Tabea (Author)

ISBN: 9783515101776

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH

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Pub Date: June 6, 2012

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.40" L x 6.80" W ( 1.10 lbs) 292 pages

Series: Megacities and Global Change / Megastadte Und Globaler Wande

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Description: Existing research on health seeking is characterized by an abundance of empirical studies and a lack of theoretical grounding. This book provides a new approach, a social theory that conceptualizes the various interlinkages and interdependencies of structure (e.g.

Brief description: Tabea Bork-Huffer ist Professorin fur Humangeographie an der Universitat Innsbruck und arbeitet zu Fragen von Raum und Macht im Kontext von Digitalisierung, (Im-)Mobilitaten, Migrationen und Urbanisierung.

Review Quotes: "A fresh and unusual perspective on the situation of migrants in Guangzhou. [...] TABEA BORK-HUFFER has managed to deliver a book that will be of great interest for all human geographers, since she has managed to enrich our knowledge on migrants well beyond the stylized facts, with a mixture of qualitative interview statements and comprehensive background information that is appropriate for fully grasping the complexity of the socio-economic role of migrants in southern China and their particular health-related problems."

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