Constructing a new private order
Gated communities and the privatization of urban life in post-reform Shanghai
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3977671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Choon-Piew Pow, Choon‐piew Pow (National University of Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 813-833 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649360701712511 |
| OpenAlex | W1965432919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 27 |
This paper examines changing notions of public and private spaces in post-reform urban Shanghai by focusing on the emergence of private gated communities (fengbi xiaoqu) and their impact on the privatization of urban space and social life in the city. While gated communities in Anglo-American literature are typically cast in a negative light (often depicted as the bulldozing of public spaces by private interests), this paper offers a nuanced interpretation by arguing how Shanghai's gated communities are, potentially, sites where greater household autonomy and personal freedom may be realized away from the hegemonic control of the Communist Party-state. By examining the evolving notions of private life/privacy in Shanghai, this paper contributes to the nascent understanding of the concepts of public and private in a non-Western context
Autonomy · Communism · Context (archaeology · Economics · Geography · Hegemony · Interpretation (philosophy · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private space · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 38 |
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| Citations per year | 2,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |