| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立清華大學 === 社會學研究所 === 104 === This thesis aims to deal with living patterns and class differentiation of foreign population in Beijing. 40% population are migrants from other provinces, working and living in Beijing without a Beijing household register and housing. They are rejected by both Hukou system and market, so the foreign population have to rent their housing and fall in the renter- rentier exploitative relationship, influencing the class differentiation of foreign population. This research is structured with market transition, class concept, urban studies, and household registration system, deploying related studies and policy materials, making field study in Beijing, interviewing 20 foreign population in Beijing.
When it comes to housing policy structure, we find that after reform and opening, housing has been re-commodified in every city in China. However, the housing market is not a real one. The government controls the lands and right of developing lands and controls the housing market by managing housing qualification and housing welfare. The control of Hukou system re-shapes the control of housing resource. Besides, during the urbanization process, China government “land-centered urbanization” , focusing on housing industry, and result in the rise of rent and price of house and the deterioration of living conditions. Under the twisted housing market, the foreign population rent for their housing become the exploited. The high cost of living stimulates different living patterns.
We found that the foreign population mostly live in urban villages between fifth rings and sixth rings in Beijing, or live in illegal spaces or buildings in city. These living spaces and residents are not guaranteed, and are likely to be torn down or be expelled anytime by government. Facing the institutionalized discrimination of Beijing, foreign population may work and live in Beijing for long but buy houses in their hometown or other city. Only few cases with particular temporal and spatial background and special condition can successfully register in Hukou system and buy houses in Beijing.
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