Analysis Of Group Differences In Migrant Workers Re-socialization Process

Nowadays, many migrant workers rush into cities to live and work there. They are adapting to the new social mores and beliefs, with their former living styles and values. During this process of resocialization, there lies diversity within the colony.In the present study, a combination of both theoretical and empirical methods was adopted to investigate the migrant workers in zhengzhou city. By major means of literature review, questionnaire investigation and interview analysis, the author tries to demonstrate in detail and impersonally the current situation concerning the differences among the following four migrant worker groups during the process of resocialization: mid-aged and old migrant workers (aged over 46), prime-aged migrant workers (aged between 36 and 45), young migrant workers (aged between 26 and 35), and new generation migrant workers (aged between 16 and 25). After that, the characteristics and causes of the diversity will be analyzed using sociology theory, to further explore how problems happen during the process.Chapter One, i.e. Introduction, briefly introduces some idea about migrant workers (including the concept, floating age, background and characteristics), the basis and value of the present study, literature review, and the research view angle in the present study.Chapter Two analyzes the questionnaire and interview cases. The current situation of these four groups during the process of resocialization is presented: they exhibit differences in many aspects concerning purpose of migranting, carrers they take, ways of obtaining an occupation, level of working needs, sense of self-protection and receiving training, social support network, cultural activities in spare-time, and their end-result.Chapter Three summarizes the characteristics of the differences among the four groups from the following aspects: the push and pull power of resocialization, the environment of resocialization, identity recognition, social support network, culture incorporation, self-protection sense, and the result of resocialization.Chapter Four analyzes the reasons that contribute to these differences from social criterion, social conflict, social communication and social regime.Chapter Five explores how problems happen during the process of migrant workers' resocialization based on the differences discussed earlier. In addition, the following suggestions are offered to solve the problems: contracting land policy, training for migrant workers, and social worker's intervention for mid-aged and old migrant workers; strenghening city infrastructure construction, caring migrant workers' daily life, and social worker's intervention for prime-aged migrant workers; reform of household registration system, strenghening city civilization recognition, and social worker's intervention for young and new generation migrant workers. Establishing and perfecting the security system is a effective measures to achieve resocialization successful for migrant works.