| ID | 110014 |
| Title Proper | I want to be expropriated! |
| Other Title Information | the politics of xiaochanquanfang land development in suburban China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Paik, Wooyeal ; Lee, Kihyun |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper analyzes the 'Minor Property Housing' (XCQF) phenomenon. XCQF is an illegal residential building, constructed on rural collective land in suburban areas by a joint land development of township and village governments, land developers, and peasants for selling and renting to non-local urbanites. We argue that XCQF became a fait accompli not to be demolished nor legalized by higher authorities because the interests of lower-level governments and those non-elites converge. As a result, they jointly defy the central government and higher-level governments' land policies. It brings a rare opportunity for grassroots officials, entrepreneurs, and ordinary citizens to find a manner of co-existence, shaping this positive-sum coalition game unlike the near zero-sum game of other exploitative land developments. The XCQF phenomenon suggests that other patterns of coalition building, beyond what is in the current literature of 'rightful resistance', exist. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 21, No. 74; Mar 2012: p.261-279 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol: 21 No 74 |
| Key Words | Minor Property Housing ; XCQF ; China |