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9 - A New Urban Underclass? Making and Managing “Vulnerable Groups” in Contemporary China

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2017

Vivienne Shue
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Patricia M. Thornton
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To Govern China
Evolving Practices of Power
, pp. 257 - 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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