Determinants of the Effectiveness of Chinese Homeowner Associations in Solving Neighborhood Issues

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ID6404030
AutoresWang Feng (0000-0003-3241-5625, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, autor correspondente), Feng Wang (0000-0003-4825-1151, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China)
Ano2014
Volume50
Fascículo3
Páginas311-339
Data de publicação2014-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087413501641
OpenAlexW2068096082
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas33

Chinese homeowner associations (HOAs) are citizen-initiated, self-governing neighborhood organizations that emerged very recently in urban China. HOAs take various legal, political, and social actions to deal with neighborhood issues. However, there are large discrepancies in the effectiveness of these actions. Using data collected from in-depth interviews with leaders of 91 registered HOAs in Beijing, this study investigates the contextual and organizational factors that explain this heterogeneity of outcome. The results show that the factors affecting HOAs’ ability to solve the two most prominent types of neighborhood issue—issues involving developers, and issues involving property management companies—are quite different. Issues involving property management companies are more effectively solved by mobilizing organization resources and encouraging resident participation. Solving developer-related issues, however, requires broader legal and political support

Beijing · Business · China · Political science · Politics · Property (philosophy · Public relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Public Policy and Administration Research