Urbanisation in China
A Review of Its Causal Mechanisms and Spatial Relations
Published in April 1998
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Paperback/Softback
70 pages
978-0-08-043293-9 (ISBN)
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Reviewing the forces underpinning Chinese urbanization, this paper is divided into two main parts. The first addresses the (non-spatial) causal mechanisms between 1949 and 1977. Neither the ideological, the class, nor the economic formulation has touched on the more systemic mechanisms related to the socialist state and the shortage economy. This paper attempts to redress the imbalance by examining the advantages of combining Kornai's shortage model with Foucault's concept of governmentality. By drawing on concepts of spatial contingency, spatial boundary and locality effects, the second part of the paper argues that spatial relations do play significant roles in revealing Chinese urbanisation policies and patterns. In the postscript, the forces underpinning urbanisation since 1978 have also been examined within the context the framework outlined. It is hoped that this paper will induce more serious theoretical discussion of Chinese urbanisation.
Reviewing the forces underpinning Chinese urbanization, this paper is divided into two main parts. The first addresses the (non-spatial) causal mechanisms between 1949 and 1977. Neither the ideological, the class, nor the economic formulation has touched on the more systemic mechanisms related to the socialist state and the shortage economy. This paper attempts to redress the imbalance by examining the advantages of combining Kornai's shortage model with Foucault's concept of governmentality. By drawing on concepts of spatial contingency, spatial boundary and locality effects, the second part of the paper argues that spatial relations do play significant roles in revealing Chinese urbanisation policies and patterns. In the postscript, the forces underpinning urbanisation since 1978 have also been examined within the context the framework outlined. It is hoped that this paper will induce more serious theoretical discussion of Chinese urbanisation.
Reviewing the forces underpinning Chinese urbanization, this paper is divided into two main parts. The first addresses the (non-spatial) causal mechanisms between 1949 and 1977. Neither the ideological, the class, nor the economic formulation has touched on the more systemic mechanisms related to the socialist state and the shortage economy. This paper attempts to redress the imbalance by examining the advantages of combining Kornai's shortage model with Foucault's concept of governmentality. By drawing on concepts of spatial contingency, spatial boundary and locality effects, the second part of the paper argues that spatial relations do play significant roles in revealing Chinese urbanisation policies and patterns. In the postscript, the forces underpinning urbanisation since 1978 have also been examined within the context the framework outlined. It is hoped that this paper will induce more serious theoretical discussion of Chinese urbanisation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-08-043293-9 (9780080432939)
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Content
The (Non-Spatial) Causal Mechanisms. Ideological commitment and urbanisation. Class struggle and urbanisation. Economic imperative and urbanisation. Summary: a realist classification of the literature's problems. The Role of Spatial Relations. Introduction. The geographic and urban studies literatures. The role of spatial relations in explaining Chinese urbanisation. Summary. Conclusions. A Postscript: Urbanisation Since 1978. Introduction. The state with a new rationality of government. Implications for rural-urban relations.