Urbanization and Party Survival in China : People vs. Power.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Part I Manufacturing, Market, and Migration -- Chapter 1 Economic Globalization and China's Urbanization in the Post-Mao Era -- Chapter 2 Characteristics of Xi'an's Emerging Private Consumer Market1 -- Chapter 3 Half Realized Dreams -- Part II Demographic Changes and Urban Problems -- Chapter 4 Urban Chinese Elderly -- Chapter 5 Macro Signs of Emerging Real Estate Speculation in Urban China -- Chapter 6 New Rural Construction and Township Establishment -- Chapter 7 The Digital and Spatial Study of Catholic Market in Urban China -- Part III Social Crises and Political Control -- Chapter 8 Cry for Help -- Chapter 9 Urban Air Pollution vs. Economic Sustainability -- Chapter 10 Demolition or Preservation? China's Dilemma in Urban Heritage Protection -- Chapter 11 Ghost Town in China -- Part IV Continuing Struggle and CCP Survival -- Chapter 12 Power vs. Law -- Chapter 13 Maternal and Children Healthcare in Ethnic Minority Towns of Xinjiang -- Chapter 14 Modern Public Hygiene Movements in Guangzhou -- Chapter 15 Pension Reform in Urban China (1979-2009) -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays provides a broad, multifaceted examination of urbanization in China. The contributors also analyze the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party and the government have adapted and survived politically throughout the urbanization process.

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