Three Waves of State‐led Gentrification in China

Gentrification in China, as in any other contexts, is an innate process embedded in the dynamic urban metamorphosis, thus requires a provincialised lens to understand its ‘home grown’ mechanism and periodisation, while not losing sight of the macro politico‐economic changes. Hence I propose an analy...

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Published inTijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie Vol. 110; no. 1; pp. 26 - 34
Main Author He, Shenjing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Utrecht Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2019
Subjects
Gentrification
Housing
Housing market
Metamorphosis
Redevelopment
state‐ market ‐society interactions
state‐centred triangular embedment
state‐led gentrification
Waves
wave‐thinking
China
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Summary:Gentrification in China, as in any other contexts, is an innate process embedded in the dynamic urban metamorphosis, thus requires a provincialised lens to understand its ‘home grown’ mechanism and periodisation, while not losing sight of the macro politico‐economic changes. Hence I propose an analytical framework of ‘state‐centred triangular embedment’ to enable a holistic yet nuanced examination of the delicate entanglements of the state, market and society amidst the surging waves of gentrification in China: The first wave of sporadic gentrification in the 1990s, the second wave of widespread gentrification in the 2000s, and the third wave of reactivated gentrification under state‐led financialisation after 2010. Gentrification has become an integral part of the making of the modern competitive state in China, joining force with the state’s endeavour in extracting values from land/housing redevelopment through market operation, imposing modern (western) values to its society while intermittently responding to social contestations.
ISSN:0040-747X
1467-9663
DOI:10.1111/tesg.12334