| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Chinese worlds |
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Chinese worlds.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction : political innovation without democratization -- 2. Social control, social fragmentation, and the reimposition of state power -- 3. Enhancing infrastructural power : shequ organization -- 4. Legitimating narratives -- 5. Shequ governance -- 6. New schemes of social security : urban neighbourhood communities as institutions of output legitimacy -- 7. Attitudes -- 8. Conclusion |
| Summary |
The aim of this book is to make sense of the recent reform of neighbourhood institutions in urban China. It builds on the observation that the late 1990s saw a comeback of the state in urban China after the increased economization of life in the 1980s had initially forced it to withdraw from society. The authors hypothesise that the central government has indeed displayed an impressive adaptive capacity with regards to the social problems in China's shequs. It has managed to bring the party-state back into urban society by enhancing its infrastructural power to provide better social welfare an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Community development -- China
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Neighborhood government -- China
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Urban policy -- China
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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Community development
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Neighborhood government
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Urban policy
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Göbel, Christian, 1973 June 25-
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| LC no. |
2010039696 |
| ISBN |
9780203828458 |
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0203828453 |
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9781136808432 |
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1136808434 |
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9781136808449 |
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1136808442 |
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9781136808395 |
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1136808396 |
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9780415855549 |
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0415855543 |
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9786613103772 |
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6613103772 |
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