Study On The Urban Adaptation Of The New Generation Of Migrant Workers

A large number of farmers begin a large-scale social mobility from rural area to city since the early 1980 s.Geographically, they come to the cities from the villages,and their identity also change from the farmer to the migrant worker.After 30 years of development, the number of migrant workers increases year by year and maintains at a certain number of level so that it forms “the tide of migrant workers” which is unique in China. Today, after "80", "after 90" migrant workers are flowing into the city as a realistic group and become an important force in the process of the industrialization and urbanization in China.they are called "new generation migrant workers" or "the second generation of migrant workers".Their urban adaptability perform some new characteristics that are different from the first generation:Their purpose of going to city is not just for "survival rationality", and more for“developing rationality”.Their willingness to leave the city is stronger than their parents and they strive for it actively.They have higher human capitals and lower work patience than the first generation.Therefore,They are a special group of "rural people" who were born in the countryside and grow up in the city. They have both rural life experience and modernity experience of working in the city, so they are "traditional-modern" continuum. But their desire integrating into urban society is rejected by the citizens, even they are always in the edge of the city for a long time.So it is difficult to fully adapt to the city for them.The large and foreign social group undoubtedly have a tremendous impact on the natural social order. It contributes to cause the attention of society to this group、improve their abilities to adapt the city and promote their fully adaptation to the city to eliminate the social conflict and study the city adaptation of the new generation migrant workers.The interview method and observation method are used to study the urban adaptation of new generation migrant workers in the perspective of social role theory in this paper. This article start from the city adaptation dilemma faced by new generation of migrant workers,and then analysis the strategies new generation of migrant workers use to cope with the dilemma to adapt the urban life. We hold a view that the urban adaptation of new generation of migrant workers is a process of transforming role to adapt to city. It is not completely passive, but the result of the objective environment and individual initiative choice cross. But this article also pointed out that there is no lack of some strategies which are used to meet urban society based on the reality needs among the all strategies. They failed to promote themintegrate into the city better. Lastly, we put forward some countermeasures and suggestions from three aspects of system construction、create atmosphere and their own qualities.