Who gets the house? Renegotiating property rights in post-socialist urban China

Modern China

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-492

  Davis, Deborah ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Housing reform; Privatization; Property disputes

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; HOMEOWNER; HOUSING REFORM; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIALISM; URBAN HOUSING;

CHINA;

EID: 77955187335     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700410373265     Document Type: Article

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