Governing the countryside through state-led programmes: A case study of Jiangning District in Nanjing, China

Urban Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1439-1459

  Shen, Mingrui ^a   Shen, Jianfa ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; governance; intergovernmental politics; rural programme; state rescaling

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; STATE ROLE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; JIANGNING; JIANGSU;

EID: 85043380753     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098017716857     Document Type: Article

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