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China's Local Entrepreneurial State and New Urban Spaces
Han Zhang
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Description for China's Local Entrepreneurial State and New Urban Spaces
Hardback. Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society. Num Pages: 247 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTF; JPH; KCM; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
In this book, the author seeks to understand China’s urban redevelopment from the theoretical perspective of the local entrepreneurial state. China’s rapid socio-economic transformations since 1978 have been in large part attributed to China’s state transformations. The author closely investigates Ningbo’s two downtown redevelopment projects by conducting ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research. It is found that the local entrepreneurial state deploys local state enterprises to undertake strategic urban redevelopment projects, organizes high-profile city/district marketing campaigns in entrepreneurial manners, and develops corporatist intermediations with local business owners for collaborative urban governance. Yet the local entrepreneurial state is multi-layered, with the municipal ... Read more
In this book, the author seeks to understand China’s urban redevelopment from the theoretical perspective of the local entrepreneurial state. China’s rapid socio-economic transformations since 1978 have been in large part attributed to China’s state transformations. The author closely investigates Ningbo’s two downtown redevelopment projects by conducting ethnographic fieldwork and documentary research. It is found that the local entrepreneurial state deploys local state enterprises to undertake strategic urban redevelopment projects, organizes high-profile city/district marketing campaigns in entrepreneurial manners, and develops corporatist intermediations with local business owners for collaborative urban governance. Yet the local entrepreneurial state is multi-layered, with the municipal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137599025
SKU
V9781137599025
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99-15
About Han Zhang
Zhang Han is Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China. He obtained his PhD in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong in 2012. His research interests revolve around urban studies and political sociology.
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