The Maturation of the Neo-liberal Housing Market in Urban China

Housing Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-359

  Wang, Ya Ping ^a   Shao, Lei ^b   Murie, Alan ^c   Cheng, Jianhua ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development   (China)

Author keywords

China; government regulation; Neo liberalism; urban housing market

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; HOUSING REFORM; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; STATE ROLE; URBAN HOUSING;

CHINA;

EID: 84860298913     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2012.651106     Document Type: Article

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