Reassembling the state in urban China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-20

  Xu, Jiang ^a   Wang, James Jixian ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Planning; Recentralisation; Regulation; Scales; The state; Urban China

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ENTREPRENEUR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 84859395444     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2012.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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