Embracing the market: Examining the consequences for education, housing, and health in Chinese Cities

Social Cohesion In Greater China: Challenges For Social Policy And Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 187-224

  Mok, Ka Ho ^a   Wong, Yu Cheung ^b   Walker, Richard M ^b   Zhang, Xiulan ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85124116047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814291934_0007     Document Type: Chapter

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