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Urban poverty, housing and social change in China
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ISBN: 113439778X 128016879X 0203520254 9780203520253 9780415307383 0415307384 9786610168798 6610168792 0415307384 9780415653046 0415653045 9781134397730 9781134397778 9781134397785 1134397771 Year: 2004 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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Economic reform in China has resulted in a widening gap between the rich and the poor, and urban poverty has emerged as a key factor which may affect future development. This new book examines the poverty problem in relation to housing and social changes in large inland cities, and assesses the effectiveness of recent government anti-poverty policies. The book also puts the Chinese experience in the wider context of transitional economies and discusses the similarities and differences between China and Central and Eastern European countries. The book is based on a long period of research on Ch


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In search of paradise
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ISBN: 0801459435 0801448336 1322504652 0801475627 9780801459436 9780801448331 9780801475627 9783177805005 3177805008 Year: 2010 Publisher: Ithaca Cornell University Press

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A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but middle-class professionals and entrepreneurs in search of a private paradise in a society now dominated by consumerism. No longer seeking happiness and fulfillment through collective sacrifice and socialist ideals, they hope to find material comfort and social distinction in newly constructed gated communities. This quest for the good life is profoundly transforming the physical and social landscapes of urban China.Li Zhang, who is from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, turns a keen ethnographic eye on her hometown. She combines her analysis of larger political and social issues with fine-grained details about the profound spatial, cultural, and political effects of the shift in the way Chinese urban residents live their lives and think about themselves. In Search of Paradise is a deeply informed account of how the rise of private homeownership is reconfiguring urban space, class subjects, gender selfhood, and ways of life in the reform era.New, seemingly individualistic lifestyles mark a dramatic move away from yearning for a social utopia under Maoist socialism. Yet the privatization of property and urban living have engendered a simultaneous movement of public engagement among homeowners as they confront the encroaching power of the developers. This double movement of privatized living and public sphere activism, Zhang finds, is a distinctive feature of the cultural politics of the middle classes in contemporary China. Theoretically sophisticated and highly accessible, Zhang's account will appeal not only to those interested in China but also to anyone interested in spatial politics, middle-class culture, and postsocialist governing in a globalizing world.

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Housing --- Real estate business --- Middle class --- Privatization --- Land use --- City planning --- Kunming Shi (China) --- Geography. --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land --- Land utilization --- Use of land --- Utilization of land --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Bourgeoisie --- Commons (Social order) --- Middle classes --- Real estate companies --- Real estate industry --- Affordable housing --- Homes --- Houses --- Housing needs --- Residences --- Urban housing --- Planning --- Government policy --- Management --- Social conditions --- Social aspects --- Kʻun-ming (China) --- Kʻun-ming Hsien (China) --- Kʻun-ming shih (China) --- Kʻun-ming shih jen min cheng fu (China) --- Kunming Shi ren min zheng fu (China) --- 昆明 (China) --- 昆明市 (China) --- 昆明市人民政府 (China) --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Economics --- Land cover --- Landscape assessment --- NIMBY syndrome --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership --- Social classes --- Business --- Real estate investment --- Dwellings --- Human settlements --- S10/0440 --- S11/0507 --- S11/0534 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Real estate --- China: Social sciences--Daily life: since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Class studies

Social connections in China : institutions, culture, and the changing nature of guanxi
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ISBN: 052181233X 0521530318 0511177003 0511042302 0511157886 0511304749 0511499574 1280433981 0511045298 9780511042300 9780521812337 9780521530316 9780511045295 9780511157882 9780511499579 1107125529 9781107125520 9781280433986 9780511177002 9780511304743 Year: 2002 Volume: 21 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Guanxi, translated as 'social connections,' or 'social networks,' is among the most important studied phenomena in China today. Guanxi lies at the heart of China's social order, its economic structure, and its changing institutional landscape. It is considered important in every realm of life, from politics to business, and officialdom to street life. This volume offers scholarly thinking on the subject by top China sociologists whose work on guanxi has been influential and by scholars offering insights on the topic. The authors examine the role of guanxi in: business decisions among managers and entrepreneurs; the decisions and practices of workers; the construction of new legal institutions; the new social order. Scholars and students of China will find this a rich source of detailed information on the workings of Chinese social relationships and a valuable, new interpretation of the meaning and place of guanxi today.

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Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) --- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (Chine) --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) - Social conditio. --- Social Conditions --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- China --- S11/0570 --- S11/0540 --- S11/0497 --- S11/0507 --- S11/0705 --- S11/0708 --- China: Social sciences--Guanxi --- China: Social sciences--The Chinese model --- China: Social sciences--Society since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Daily life: since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Clan and family: since 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Elite --- Sociology --- Social conditions. --- Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Guansi-Chzhuanskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih chʻü --- Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China) --- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) --- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Kuang-hsi (China) --- Kwangsi (China) --- 广西壮族自治区 (China) --- Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih (China) --- Guangxi Sheng (China) --- Social networks --- Business networks --- E-books --- Business networking --- Networking, Business --- Networks, Business --- Industrial clusters --- Strategic alliances (Business) --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ

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