This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of...

This book identifies "development-oriented poverty reduction" as a crucial part of what is now often billed as Chinas unique development path, experience and model. Chinas success serves as an example for any society aiming to eradicate poverty. However, there is still a tough road ahead as the...

This book provides a systematic overview of China's achievements in eliminating absolute poverty by 2020 under current standards. The book is divided into three parts: The first part is a study of major policy practices with distinctive characteristics in China's poverty alleviation practices;...