Social mobilisation in post-industrial China : the case of rural urbanisation / Jia Gao, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia, Yuanyuan Su, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Nanjing University, China.

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Main Authors: Gao, Jia (Author)
Su, Yuanyuan (Social scientist) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2019]
Subjects:
Social mobility > China.
China > Social conditions.
Urbanization > China.
Social mobility.
China.
Physical Description:xvi, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. China's current rural urbanisation and historical context
  • 2. The evolving role of central decision-makers in launching policy initiatives
  • 3. The politics of social mobilisation at the provincial level
  • 4. The emerging powers of the ìnvisible hand'
  • 5. Mobilising policy support and resources at the prefectural level
  • 6. The awkward roles of county and township governments in rural urbanisation
  • 7. Participatory responses of villagers to initiatives
  • 8. Towards an updated understanding of social mobilisation in China.