Land-centered urban politics in transitional China - Can they be explained by Growth Machine Theory?

Cities

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-186

  Zhang, Sumei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coalitions; Growth machine theory; Land; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND MARKET; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POLITICS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; JIANGSU; SHENZHEN; SUZHOU;

EID: 84952298495     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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