Democratizing the neighbourhood? New private housing and home-owner self-organization in urban China

China Journal

Volumn , Issue 49, 2003, Pages 31-59

  Read, Benjamin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING REFORM;

CHINA;

EID: 0038128616     PISSN: 13249347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3182194     Document Type: Article

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