Collectivism, political control, and gating in Chinese cities

Urban Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 507-525

  Huang, Youqin ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; STATE ROLE; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846483235     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.27.6.507     Document Type: Article

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