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Interpreting Institutional Fit: Urbanization, Development, and China’s “Land-Lost”

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  • Lian, Hongping
  • Lejano, Raul P.

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Urbanization-led development brings not just demographic, technological, and economic change, but profound institutional transition, as well. The scale and pace of China’s urbanization project have generated a crisis for millions living in rural–urban peripheries. We will utilize a model of institutional fit to conduct a critical analysis of China’s urbanization program and its implementation problems. Utilizing a semi-structured interview format, we analyze the experiences of the so-called “land-lost” residents in Changsha, China, vis-à-vis this ongoing institutional transition. The analysis provides a rich account of the myriad ways the transition to a privatized property market runs counter to the collective nature of peri-urban Chinese communities.

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  • Lian, Hongping & Lejano, Raul P., 2014. "Interpreting Institutional Fit: Urbanization, Development, and China’s “Land-Lost”," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 1-10.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:61:y:2014:i:c:p:1-10
    DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.026
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