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It is only in the past quarter century that urbanization has emerged in China as a force of social transformation while a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics, and economy. China's Urban Transition synthesizes re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedmann, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urbanisatie.
Urbanization.
Local government.
Economic history.
Civil society.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Societe civile > Chine.
Administration locale > Chine.
Urbanisation > Chine.
Civil society > China.
Local government > China.
Urbanization > China.
China.
Chine > Conditions economiques > 2000-
China > Economic conditions > 2000-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming urban in China
  • Historical traces
  • Regional policies
  • Urbanization of the countryside
  • New spatial mobilities
  • Expanding spaces of personal autonomy
  • The governance of city-building
  • Backward into the future.

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