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    Reform and Market Socialism

    By examining the changing political economy in China through detailed studies of the peasantry, workers, middle classes, and the dominant class, this volume reveals the Communist Party of China’s (CCP’s) impact on social change in China between 1978 and 2021.This book explores in depth the CCP’s programme of reform and openness that had a dramatic impact on China’s socio-economic trajectory ... Read more

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  • Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China

    Changing State-Society Relations

    by Beibei Tang ...
    Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China examines the key mechanisms operating at the grassroots level in China that contribute to urban development and increased public support for the legitimacy and authority of the Chinese state. Beibei Tang uncovers new trends and dynamics of urban neighborhood governance since the 2000s to reveal the significant factors that contribute to regime survival.Tang ... Read more

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  • Suzhou in Transition

    Edited by Beibei Tang, Paul Cheung ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
    Through the lens of the city of Suzhou, this edited volume presents views on the complex interaction between the central state, market agents, local governments and individuals who have shaped the development of Chinese cities and urban life.Featuring a range of disciplinary perspectives, contributors to this volume have all undertaken research in one municipality – Suzhou – to consider how ... Read more

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    Changing Urban Life in Gated Communities

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    Series series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
    Home ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and “people like us”, the significant features of the middle class for any society. In China, private home ownership was not the norm from 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party took power, until the 1990s. In the past three decades, however, there has been ... Read more

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    Governance and Public Policy in Canada lays the foundation for a systematic analysis of policy developments, shaped as they are by multiple players, institutional tensions, and governance legacies. Arguing that provinces are now the most central site of governance and policy innovation, the book assesses the role of the provinces and places the provincial state in its broader economic, ... Read more

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