On the basis of three carefully drawn surveys of Beijing residents between 1995 and 1999, the author finds that diffuse support for the current political system

Chinese residential communities are places of intense governing and an arena of active political engagement between state and society. In The Government Next Do

1. Introduction: Picking Winners in Space --2. Spatial Policy in China --3. The Multilevel Politics of Development --4. Hunan: The Making of an Urban Champion -

Shows how local actors shape social policy in China through distinct priorities and different approaches to governing.

This book discusses one of the most noticeable and significant transformations in China over the past three decades is the rapid and massive urbanization of the