Homeowners of Beijing, unite! the construction of a collective mobilisation

China Perspectives

Volumn 2014, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 7-16

  Merle, Aurore ^a,b  

^a CEFC   (Australia)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collective mobilisations; Homeowners' committees; Private homeownership; Protection of rights (weiquan)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928593675     PISSN: 20703449     EISSN: 19964617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/chinaperspectives.6441     Document Type: Article

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