Governmentalities in everyday practices: The dynamic of urban neighbourhood governance in China

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2330-2346

  Wan, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; government technologies; governmentality; neighbourhood governance; subjectification

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POWER RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY; URBAN SOCIETY;

CHINA;

EID: 84979521019     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015589884     Document Type: Article

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