98
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Book Reviews

Residency, class, and community in the contemporary Chinese city

edited by W. Hurst, Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill, 2018, €121 ($146), ISBN 978-90-04-39232-8 (hardback), ISBN 978-90-04-39233-5 (e-book) November 2018.

ORCID Icon
 

Notes

1. For instance, chengzhongcun was translated to “city-inlaid villages” (p. 111), not to “urban villages”, as is the norm in the English-language literature (e.g., Liu et al. Citation2010).

2. One might add that the rather ineffectual attempt to disguise the discussed location leaves the reader wondering. “SH” is obviously Shanghai, as can be easily deduced from the numerous footnotes citing Shanghai-based research (e.g., p.41, 56, 61).

3. Unfortunately, this work, too, fails to probe the meaning of its findings. For instance, the class consciousness emphatically related in many of the interviewees responses is striking, but left unchallenged. The question of why this is such an important category of meaning in a formally communist society suggests itself, but remains unaddressed.

4. Somewhat disappointingly, an in-depth discussion of the distinction between guanxi and corruption is conspicuously absent.

5. However, this point has been made (e.g., Huang Citation1993; White, Howell, and Xiaoyuan Citation1996).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.