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This study makes use of the framework of social capital to explain the post-socialist governance model and characteristics of local governments in contemporary China. The incident of Tieben in April 2004 is selected as an example to explain how the local government developed social capital using informal mechanism and policy networks to facilitate economic development and to enhance government performance. thereby forming the so-called post-socialist local regime. During the incident of Tieben. the local movement collaborated with real estate developers and financial institutions. Farmers were excluded from this plan and their interests were sacri?ced. This study uses the concept of bonding social capital to explain this model. The model worked on the basis of the close relationship between specific groups rather than general trust and ptiblic participation. The majority of relevant sttitlies. on the other hated. show that instead of bonding social capital. bridging social capital is a better means to resolve the conflicts among nunicrous stib-grotips with vested interests. and to facilitate favorable economic and social performance. This paper hence contends that. although a local government may stimulate the development of social capital. the use of this governance model excites the participation and deprives cannot provide a useful guide for optimizing local government performance.
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129098
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2014.
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it is worthwhile to empirically probe the prominent value of the transformation process by employing the state rescaling perspective. However, the stated rescaling, as an important theoretical discourses, that not been s_\ stoically scrutinized in Chinese context. In this article. the empirical lrainexxorlx based on the central state--led regional planning and its changes is established and implemented to unfold the solution
tra_iector} of China's six state scaling stages since 1953. In the mean- time. it is argued that China's state rescaling is not resulted from o\enroll socioeconomic tt'ansforination. hut plays a role as the leading project. theoretical . it could he concluded that state rescaling in China is neither the product of internal 'natural economic process' nor the consequence triggered have the globalization. hut the outcome or" the state's politic political selection.
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129453
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2014.
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This article considers the struggles faced by Asian states in their attempts to recruit mostly low-skilled temporary labour migrants. The article observes three trends: (1) there is a marked reluctance to admit low-skilled migrants into many Asian states, even where they are clearly needed; (2) where they are admitted, there is an associated marked reluctance to grant them an expansive set of rights, including in particular a path to citizenship; and (3) there continues to be a concern to protect the cultural basis of the nation, which serves as justification for both the reluctance to admit migrant workers and the reluctance to extend them rights. As a result of these three trends, two observations can be made. First, the presence of increasing numbers of both high- and low-skilled migrants may force Asian states to reconsider their reliance on ethno-national self-definitions. Second, however, to the extent that this reconsideration is already transpiring, it is not yet easily translating into more and better rights for, especially, low-skilled migrants, in particular with respect to the rights associated with citizenship status. The worry that migrants threaten social cohesion in Asian states, by sullying the national 'brand', prevails
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132310
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2014.
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In South Africa non-marital cohabitation rates among Africans remain low, and particularly in the context of very low marriage rates. Through qualitative interviews with urban isiZulu-speakers we explore attitudes towards ukukipita (cohabiting) in contemporary Zulu society. These in-depth interviews capture the meanings associated with non-marital cohabitation and they provide insights into why cohabitation is widely viewed as unacceptable in Zulu society unless the man has initiated ilobolo (bridewealth) negotiations and concrete marriage plans are in place. Cohabitation without ilobolo payment is widely interpreted as akin to behaving disrespectfully towards Zulu culture and tradition, the immediate family and the Zulu community more broadly.
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