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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797104203321

Autore

Ho Cheuk-Yuet

Titolo

Neo-socialist property rights : the predicament of housing ownership in China / / Ho Cheuk-Yuet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0684-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

333.33/80951

Soggetti

Home ownership - China

Home ownership - Political aspects - China

Housing policy - China

Right of property - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Glossary of Chinese Terms; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Exit, or Evict; 3 Bargaining Demolition; 4 Investing Citizens; 5 Affective Ownership; 6 The Property Question; 7 The Real Life of Rights; 8 Final Thoughts; Afterword; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Neo-Socialist Property Rights </span><span>studies urban dwellers' desire for housing ownership and how their acquiring and defending of property rights reshape the state-property-family relationality in neo-socialist China. This book links property rights practice to the broader human rights discourse as both a working hypothesis and a historical question.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>