ISBN: 9780199378999 - cities and stability: urbanization, redistribution, and regime survival in china (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Summary:China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears ""Latin Americanization""--The emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest. Such cities threaten the survival of nondemocratic regimes. To combat the threat, many regimes, including China's, favor cities in policymaking. Cities and Stability shows this ""urban bias"" to be a Faustian Bargain.…

Zustand: New. Cities and Stability examines the threats that large cities pose to authoritarian regime survival and the ways that regimes respond to those threats, particularly focusing on China's management of urbanization through its household registration (hukou) system. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, graphs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPFC; JPHV; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354. . 2014. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Zustand: New. In English.