Building SoHo in Shenzhen
The territorial politics of gentrification and state making in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8942568 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keisyu Kan (0000-0003-2408-132X, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, corresponding author), Karita Kan |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geoforum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7185 • E-ISSN: 1872-9398 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.01.020 |
| OpenAlex | W3009768157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 75 |
This paper examines the territorial politics of gentrification at China’s rural-urban interface. Drawing on empirical fieldwork in Shenzhen, it is shown that gentrification in China can be seen as a state-making strategy deployed by the government to consolidate territorial control and extend the reach of the state. Unlike conventional accounts of gentrification which assumes the universality of formal, property-based land tenure, this paper highlights how the prevalence of informality and non-privatized property rights in the post-socialist context produces distinct dynamics of gentrification and state-society interactions at the rural fringe of Chinese cities. While gentrification is often seen as a place-making strategy espoused by entrepreneurial states to attract investment and bolster consumption, it also functions as a state-building tactic for recovering and materializing land rights where property rights are uncertain, under-defined and contested. In the process, uneven patterns of direct and indirect displacement can be observed which reflected a more complex reality than the class replacement thesis commonly found in traditional gentrification
Archaeology · China · Context (archaeology · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Property rights · Sociology · State (computer science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
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| Citations per year | 5,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |