China's urban future and the quest for stability / edited by Rebecca Clothey and Richardson Dilworth.

"In recent decades, China has used urbanization as an economic development tool to reconstruct the country's traditional institutions, culture, and society. The downside of these many changes is that they have presented the country's government with a massive challenge: how can it maintain basic sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 12.
Other Authors:	Clothey, Rebecca A. (Editor) Dilworth, Richardson, 1971- (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]
Series:	McGill-Queen's studies in urban governance ; 12.
Subjects:	Urbanization > China. City and town life > China. Urban policy > China. China > Social conditions. China > Economic conditions. City and town life. Economic history. Social conditions. Urban policy. Urbanization. China. Kommunalpolitik. Soziale Situation. Stadtbevölkerung. Verstädterung. Wirtschaftliche Lage.
Physical Description:	viii, 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: Urbanization, Mobility, and Marginalization / Rebecca Clothey, Richardson Dilworth, and Jennifer Adams
Globalization, and China Urbanization / Jerome Hodos and Richardson Dilworth
Chinese Cities: Liberalization, Development, and Social Dislocation / William Hurst
Rapid Urbanization and Rural Displacement in China / Joel Andreas
Urban Management through Para-policing and the Exclusion of the Urban Poor / Yimin Li
China's Urban Public Space in Comparative Perspective: Grand Squares and Everyday Life in Dalian / Piper Gaubatz
Childhood Inequality and Schooling in China's Cities / Natalie Young and Emily Hannum
Education Policy Appropriation, Ethnic Segregation, and Cultural Transmission in Urumqi / Rebecca Clothey
Conclusion: Echoes of the Past in China's Contemporary Urbanization / James Carter.