Family or Money? The False Dilemma in Property Dispossession in Shanghai

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 194-212

  Zhang, Yunpeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

China; family breakdowns; family dysfunction; Property dispossession; property disputes; Shanghai; state violence

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; NATION STATE; OWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; VIOLENCE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 85018921611     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12455     Document Type: Article

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