A STUDY ON MIGRANTS'ATTAINMENT OF URBAN CITIZENSHIP IN A CHINESE MEGACITY:AN EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK OF MOBILITY AND IMMOBILITY
The internal migration in China is a two-track system that is composed of the permanent and tem-porary migration under the hukou(household registration)system.What distinguishes the permanent and temporary migration is not the length of residence at the destination but whether the hukou is transferred to the destination.Migrants have varying degrees of agencies to respond to structural restrictions,producing dif-ferent consequences of urban citizenship mobility and immobility,which can be observed not only between permanent and temporary migrants,but also within permanent migrants and temporary migrants.How can we understand the urban citizenship mobility and immobility among migrants in Chinese cities?Based on the statistical data of population migration and hukou conferment,the in-depth interviews with hukou mi-grants and the judgment verdicts of the administrative litigation on hukou disputes in Shanghai,this study identifies five types of mobility and immobility:acquiescent immobility,voluntary mobility,involuntary mo-bility,involuntary immobility and voluntary immobility.Mobility is highly heterogeneous,different groups of migrants obtain hukou in different ways.Immobility also occurs in different ways.Immobility can be seen not only as an acquiescent or involuntary response under structural constraints,but also as an voluntary or strategic choice.
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