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State failure and distorted urbanisation in post-Mao's China, 1993-2012

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	State failure and distorted urbanisation in post-Mao's China, 1993-2012/ by Yazhuo Zheng, Kent Deng.
Author:	Zheng, Yazhuo.
other author:	Deng, Kent.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2018.,
Description:	xvii, 182 p. :ill., maps, digital ; : 22 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Urbanization - China, Northwest. -
Subject:	China, Northwest - Economic conditions. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92168-6
ISBN:	9783319921686

State failure and distorted urbanisation in post-Mao's China, 1993-2012
Zheng, Yazhuo.

State failure and distorted urbanisation in post-Mao's China, 1993-2012[electronic resource] /by Yazhuo Zheng, Kent Deng. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - xvii, 182 p. :ill., maps, digital ;22 cm. - Palgrave studies in economic history. - Palgrave studies in economic history..

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundation and Literature Review -- Chapter 3: Typical Cases in Northwest China -- Chapter 4: Understanding of China's State and Market -- Chapter 5: Conundrum with Distorted Urbanisation -- Chapter 6: The Central Government and Its Goals -- Chapter 7: State-led Growth and Domestic Debts -- Chapter 8: Final Conclusions.

This book examines failure in the urbanisation of Northwest China as a result of government industrial policies that have impacted on the economic development of the region. By looking at the under-researched provinces of Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia, which make up a quarter of China's territory, Zheng and Deng challenge the common story of China's miracle growth and reveal the dark side of the country's pursuit of modernity. Severe weather conditions, chronic drought, permanent lack of oxygen and unforgiving terrain in the Northwest make farming, manufacture and services difficult simply because people tend not to stay. Yet, China's current political system forces growth to take place even though basic conditions and prerequisites for market-based growth are missing. This volume analyses 'ghost cities' and social tension in the process of 'forced urbanisation' in which huge amount of resources are wasted, the local environment is systematically damaged and ordinary people's basic rights are brutally violated in the name of higher GDP and greater government glory. Yazhuo Zheng is President of the Beijing Enlightenment Institute for Economic and Social Research, China. Zheng is a scholar-turned government official; her experience as a local bureaucrat in addition to being an academic researcher have allowed her a unique insight into China's on-going problems with state incompetence. Kent Deng is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research interests include Chinese and Maritime Economic History. He is Series Editor for Palgrave Studies in Economic History.

ISBN: 9783319921686

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-92168-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1207178
Urbanization
--China, Northwest.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1207176
China, Northwest
--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: HC428.N6 / Z4433 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 307.7609514

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