The Study Of Migrant Workers’ Social Inclusion

Urbanization is a process of spatial agglomeration and differentiation of human economic activities caused by industrialization, depending on the level of industrialization and economic structure of a country and region. According to the history of other nations as well, the increase in the proportion of urban residents relies on farmers’migration and differentiation. The conversion from rural residents into urban dwellers in current China mainly relies on the following ways:higher education, intermarriage, real estate, employment, business, and urban expansion.Attracted by the economic strength, dreaming of self actualization, the rural residents go to the cities. The migrant workers sacrificed a lot for the development of the cities, but they can not be accepted by the city dwellers for the values and behavior codes which are so different from modernization and become the marginal people of the city virtually. The civilization of migrant workers is not only an indispensable requirement of urbanization, but also a comprehensive way to solve three-dimensional rural issues.This paper studies related theories of social inclusion, and try examining the social inclusion issue of migrant workers. Social inclusion is divided into economic, social and psychological aspects, and the three aspects are progressive. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, only after achieving basic physical needs can migrant workers achieve higher level of demands. So the economic inclusion is the fundamental of social and psychological inclusion. A wide range of interpersonal relationship and effective communication with city residents lead to social aspect of migrant workers’social inclusion.Psychological inclusion is the highest level of inclusion which expresses the initiative and enthusiasm of migrant workers better. Though the sense of belonging and recognition can the migrant worker achieve psychological inclusion and accomplish the civilization process.Through the analysis of the data of migrant workers from the National Population and Family Planning Commission, this paper examines the economic, social and psychological inclusion of migrant workers in Suzhou, as well as the differences of the inclusion willingness in different groups of migrant workers. The study finds that the economic inclusion situation of migrant workers in Suzhou is not bad. They are initiative in social communication, but still need some reinforcement. The extent of psychological inclusion is low and it is hard for them to achieve the role conversion. People of different education, gender and income have differences in inclusion willingness. This paper analyzes the institutional and non-institutional obstacles in migrant workers’inclusion process, and makes some suggestions to promote the inclusion process of migrant workers in China.There are six chapters in the paper. The first chapter is the preamble, including the background and significance, research methods and subjects, review of domestic and international literature, the definition of core concept and review of related theories. The second chapter is analysis of the current inclusion situation of migrant workers in Suzhou based on the data of migrant workers from the National Population and Family Planning Commission in economic, social and psychological aspects, as well as the different inclusion willingness in different groups of migrant workers, such as gender, education and income。 The third chapter is the analysis of institutional obstacles including household registration system, employment system, social security system and land system. The forth chapter is the analysis of non-institutional factors which divided into social and individual these two aspects. The fifth chapter is about the countermeasures based on the institutional and non-institutional factors orienting to the promotion of the inclusion process of migrant workers in China. The sixth chapter is a summary of the paper, and discussion of the migrant workers’ inclusion issue.