{"product_id":"urban-china-in-transition-paperback-softback-9781405161466","title":"Urban China in Transition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405161466","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUrban China in Transition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Chinese cities are changing in incredibly complex and fascinating ways, and this volume presents a very impressive set of research studies of a wide range of aspects of such changes, written by first rate scholars. Anyone interested in changing urban social patterns in the world's most dynamic and populous society will want to consult this volume.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eMartin K. Whyte,\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University  \u003cp\u003e\"John Logan’s kaleidoscopic collection offers diverse perspectives on urban dynamics in China, while simultaneously setting China’s cities in a comparative context that ranges from Russia to the United States. Globally oriented urbanists and China specialists alike will find it a valuable new resource.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003ePeter Evans,\u003c\/b\u003e University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Logan (Edited by), JR Logan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405161466, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.562 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThese essays on recent Chinese urban developments--particularly trends in migration, labor economics, housing, economic and sociospatial inequality, and governance--offer macro and micro perspectives through analysis of nationwide patterns or developments in specific cities, thus capturing the regional diversity and types of cities in China. Editor Logan is careful not to present the Chinese instance as exceptional, but to situate it within a wider context through comparative analysis. He pairs up scholars from different disciplines and areas for each essay in order to set up comparison between Chinese urban developments and those in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Logan asked the contributors to view their data through four theoretical lenses: modernization (Simon Kuznet's model), dependency\/world system, developmental state, and market transition. By doing so, contributors discover meaningful differences that reveal trends unique to the Chinese context. On the whole, this collection offers undergraduates an accessible introduction to contemporary urban developments in China and to a wide range of qualitative and quantitative analyses commonly used in the social sciences. \u003cb\u003eSumming Up\u003c\/b\u003e: Highly recommended. All academic levels\/libraries. -- \u003ci\u003eL. Teh, University of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e (Choice, February 2009)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUsing an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration, criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women, suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology, geography, economics, planning, political science, history, demography, architecture, or anthropology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn alternative theoretical perspective comparing the Chinese experience with other urban settings in the United States, Poland, Russia, Vietnam, East and South East Asia, and South America\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Urban China in Comparative Perspective 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn R. Logan and Susan S. Fainstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Market Transition in Work Units and the Labor Market 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Two Decades of Reform: The Changing Organization Dynamics of Chinese Industrial Firms 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShahid Yusuf and Kaoru Nabeshima\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Myth of the “New Urban Poverty”? Trends in Urban Poverty in China, 1988–2002 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Appleton and Lina Song\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Class Structure and Class Inequality in Urban China and Russia: Effects of Institutional Change or Economic Performance? 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYanjie Bian and Theodore P. Gerber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Gender and the Labor Market in China and Poland 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. Cindy Fan and Joanna Regulska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Changing Places 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Urbanization, Institutional Change, and Sociospatial Inequality in China, 1990–2001 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. White, Fulong Wu, and Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Growth on the Edge: The New Chinese Metropolis 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYixing Zhou and John R. Logan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Mirrored Reflections: Place Identity Formation in Taipei and Shanghai 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Rudolph and Hanchao Lu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Is Gating Always Exclusionary? A Comparative Analysis of Gated Communities in American and Chinese Cities 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYouqin Huang and Setha M. Low\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Impacts of Migration 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Urbanization in China in the 1990s: Patterns and Regional Variations 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZai Liang, Hy Van Luong, and Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Trapped in Neglected Corners of a Booming Metropolis: Residential Patterns and Marginalization of Migrant  Workers in Guangzhou 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMin Zhou and Guoxuan Cai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Migration and Housing: Comparing China with the United States 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeiping Wu and Emily Rosenbaum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Social Control in the New Chinese City 269\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Economic Reform and Crime in Contemporary Urban China: Paradoxes of a Planned Transition 271\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven F. Messner, Jianhong Liu, and Susanne Karstedt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Migration, Urbanization, and the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Empirical and Theoretical Observations in China and Indonesia 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher J. Smith and Graeme Hugo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The State’s Evolving Relationship with Urban Society: China’s Neighborhood Organizations in Comparative Perspective 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin L. 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