China’s Globalizing Primary Cities as a Contested Space: An Introduction

摘要: The main argument of this book establishes that the strong state-led and pro-market reforms urbanization have served to enhance State’s competitiveness, as a latecomer an advanced level modern industrialization, its limited tolerance permanent slum formation in image-building Chinese cities under reconstruction. Migrants their welfare entitlements are highly conditional on residency/hukou status. ‘Right City’, citizen’s right, has thus been compromised, at least transitional period, both urban renewals relocation process. This chapter provides overall introduction research background, significance, aim framework, questions methodologies structure book.