{"product_id":"books-urban-china-by-xuefei-ren","title":"Urban China","description":"Currently  there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population  exceeding one  million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents  a crucial  development for studies on globalization and urban  transformation. This  concise and engaging book examines the past  trajectories, present  conditions, and future prospects of Chinese  urbanization, by  investigating five key themes - governance, migration,  landscape,  inequality, and cultural economy.   Based on a  comprehensive  evaluation of the literature and original research  materials, Ren offers  a critical account of the Chinese urban condition  after the first  decade of the twenty-first century. She argues that  the urban-rural  dichotomy that was artificially constructed under  socialism is no longer  a meaningful lens for analyses and that Chinese  cities have become  strategic sites for reassembling citizenship rights  for both urban  residents and rural migrants.   The book is  essential reading for  students and scholars of urban and development  studies with a focus on  China, and all interested in understanding the  relationship between  state, capitalism, and urbanization in the global  context.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670994936081,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780745653594.jpg?v=1781514180","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-urban-china-by-xuefei-ren","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}