The Rights Distribution System for Urban Residents

Abstract

AbstractIn the current urbanized areas of China, the dual structure of rights because of residents’ household registration status has historical and realistic reasons, which is rooted in the power distribution system of authoritarian governance and the organization pattern of social interests. The social conflicts caused by the dual unequal structure of rights in urbanized areas are manifested in values, beliefs and competition of scarce positions, rights and resource allocation. Eventually, it has led to the change in the nature of social conflicts in urbanized areas from conflicts triggered by economic factors to conflicts caused by the distribution of rights, and economic inequality is directly demonstrated by the inequality of entitlements. Therefore, in urbanized areas, it is necessary to eliminate the right difference system in order to promote the household registration system.