Transitional property rights and local developmental history in China

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 553-568

  Abramson, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; MARKET SYSTEM; PRIVATIZATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 79551591113     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010390237     Document Type: Article

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