Gated Communities in China: Class, Privilege and the Moral Politics of the Good Life

ISBN-13: 9780415533515 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str.

Choon Piew Pow

Opis

This is an examination of the nature and dynamics of gated communities within the specificities of reform Shanghai, a city that arguably has been at the forefront of China's new urban/consumer revolution.

Recenzje

"Most studies adopt a macroscopic perspective of political and economic changes. Gated Communities in China is a rare exception and thus an important and timely contribution to the understanding of residential development, especially 'commodity housing enclaves', in China [...] I admire Pow's cultural sensitivity, keen and detailed observations, and grounded approach [...] Pow's Gated Communities in China is a truly substantive and noteworthy addition to the literature on Chinese housing development and social changes and I enthusiastically recommend this book to researchers in gated communities and Chinese urban studies." - Fulong Wu, Environment and Planning A 2010, volume 42

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Gated Communities and the Lure of the Good Life  2. Making Middle-Class Spaces: Privilege, Territoriality and the Moral Geographies of Exclusion  3. Urban Reform, the New Middle-Class and the Emergence of Gated Communities in Shanghai  4.  Imagineering Suburbia: Contested Representations of the Chinese Dream Home  5.Seeking Privacy and Seclusion: Private Property, Individualism and Neoliberal Subjectivities  6.   Maintaining Order and Civility: Purified Spaces and the Paradox of Gated Living  7. Beyond the Gates: A Geographical-moral Critique  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Pow Choon-Piew is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore.