Urban Villages in the New China

Case of Shenzhen
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-70017-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

Focusing on Shenzhen as a representation of the general urban village phenomenon in China, this book considers the impact of China’s economic reform on urbanization and urban villages over the past three decades. Shenzhen’s urban villages are some of the first of their kind in China, unique in their diversity and organizational capacity, but most notably in their ability to protect village culture whilst coexisting with Shenzhen, one of the fastest urbanizing cities on earth. Providing a study of regional contrast of urban villages in China with newly collected fieldwork materials from Guangzhou, Beijing, and Xi’an, this book also considers recent developments within urban villages, including attempts at marketization of the so-called xiao chanquanfang (the quintessential urban village apartment units). It also addresses the corruption scandals that engulfed some urban villages in late 2013. Through cutting edge fieldwork, the author offers a cross-disciplinary study of the history, culture, socio-economic changes, and migration of the villages which arguably embody Chinese social mobility in an urban form.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wang, Da Wei David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Mobilität
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Urban Villages in Words and Senses.- The Origin of Shenzhen’s Urban Village: Policies and Backgrounds.- The Villages and Shenzhen City: History, Transition, and Co-Existence.- Migrant City and Migrant Villages.- Urban Village Inc.- Urban Renewal and The Rise of Shenzhen’s Real Estate Developers.- Stereotypes and Self-government.-

Über Autor(innen)

Da Wei David Wang is Associate Professor at the Centre of Contemporary Chinese Politics, Shenzhen University, China.His main research focus is on Shenzhen-related topics and Chinese cities.