Cities and Stability

Cities and Stability
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 265
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199378982
ISBN-13 : 0199378983
Rating : 4/5 (983 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cities and Stability by : Jeremy L. Wallace

Download or read book Cities and Stability written by Jeremy L. Wallace and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears "Latin Americanization" -- the emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest. Such cities threaten the survival of nondemocratic regimes. To combat the threat, many regimes, including China's, favor cities in policymaking. Cities and Stability shows this "urban bias" to be a Faustian Bargain: cities may be stabilized for a time, but the massive in-migration from the countryside that results can generate the conditions for political upheaval. Through its hukou system of internal migration restrictions, China has avoided this dilemma, simultaneously aiding urbanites and keeping farmers in the countryside. The system helped prevent social upheaval even during the Great Recession, when tens of millions of laid-off migrant workers dispersed from coastal cities. Jeremy Wallace's powerful account forces us to rethink the relationship between cities and political stability throughout the developing world.


Cities and Stability Related Books

Cities and Stability
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Jeremy L. Wallace
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

China's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears "Latin Americanization" -- the em
The Affordable City
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Shane Phillips
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-15 - Publisher: Island Press

GET EBOOK

From Los Angeles to Boston and Chicago to Miami, US cities are struggling to address the twin crises of high housing costs and household instability. Debates ov
Livable Cities?
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Peter B. Evans
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-02 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

GET EBOOK

The cities of the developing world are hubs of economic growth, but they are increasingly ecologically unsustainable and unliveable. This book explores the issu
Handbook on Cities and Complexity
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: Portugali, Juval
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-16 - Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

GET EBOOK

Written by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years
Great Cities and Their Traffic
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: J. Michael Thomson
Categories: City traffic
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK