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ID083867
Title ProperGated Communities and Migrant Enclaves
Other Title Informationthe conundrum for building 'harmonious community/shequ'
LanguageENG
AuthorXu, Feng
Publication2008.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article looks at the Chinese state's community/shequ building effort to govern a more heterogeneous and mobile population in urban China so that a 'harmonious society' (hexie shehui) can be achieved. Shequ building initiatives move away from the governance model based on direct government and administrative control, and toward a new model of structured community self-governance. Within some communities, this new model has faced challenges that appear to arise from the new diversity of interests that characterize Chinese cities today. The article acknowledges that social complexity often begets organizational challenges for emerging shequ organizations; but it also suggests that the social simplification of individual shequ is a tendency that has wider negative social implications and needs itself to be resisted
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Contemporary China Vol. 17, No.57; Nov 2008: p633-651
Journal SourceJournal of Contemporary China Vol. 17, No.57; Nov 2008: p633-651
Key WordsChinese State Community ;  China ;  Urban Society