Politics of Community Building in Urban China

Politics of Community Building in Urban China

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Heberer Thomas
Taylor & Francis Ltd
EAN: 9780415855549
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This book aims 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. Based on several months of fieldwork in locations ranging from poor and dilapidated neighbourhoods in Shenyang City to middle class gated communities in Shenzhen, the authors analyze recent attempts by the central government to enhance stability in China’s increasingly volatile cities.

In particular, they argue that the central government has begun to restructure urban neighbourhoods, and has encouraged residents to govern themselves by means of democratic procedures. Heberer and Göbel also contend that whilst on the one hand, the central government has managed to bring the Party-state back into urban society, especially by tapping into a range of social groups that depend on it, it has not, however, managed to establish a broad base for participation. In testing this hypothesis, the book examines the rationales, strategies and impacts of this comeback by systematically analyzing how the reorganization of neighbourhood committees was actually conducted and find that opportunities for participation were far more limited than initially promised.

The book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Development Studies, Urban Studies and Asian Studies in general.

EAN 9780415855549
ISBN 0415855543
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date April 12, 2013
Pages 208
Language English
Dimensions 234 x 156
Country United Kingdom
Readership Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Authors Gobel, Christian; Heberer Thomas
Illustrations 37 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Series Chinese Worlds