The City as the Focus: The Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Urban Politics

China Information

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 457-479

  Hurst, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

city; political science; politics; state of the field; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992905403     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X06070035     Document Type: Article

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