{"product_id":"social-space-and-governance-in-urban-china-9780804750387","title":"Social Space and Governance in Urban China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...this book is an important contribution to the literature, a leading example of scholarship on governmentality, and one that should inspire scholars to conduct further studies of the \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e and related institutions with spatial characteristics in urban China.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bray offers a very important contribution in this wonderful book...His explicit and consistent Foucault-informed analysis is illuminating, powerful, and very accessible.\" -- \u003ci\u003eUrban Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is an engaging and compelling read, much richer than it would ever be possible to summarize in a short review. It stands out as a well-researched and highly sophisticated theoretical work, and an insightful contribution to the analysis on the nature of the Chinese \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSocial Space and Governance in Urban China\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating probe into the origins of the socio-spatial form of urban planning and governance embodies in the \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e; Bray's analysis is thought-provoking and a welcome contribution to existing scholarship....this study is a highly insightful read and an important contribution to current debates on the complex interconnections between modernity, space and social change.\" -- \u003ci\u003eIIAS Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bray makes his case quite admirably. The argument is tightly woven. The framework is consistently applied. The conclusions are illuminating.\" -- \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] meticulously crafted piece of research....a highly stimulating and important book....It is a fine example of the integration of social science theories with China studies...\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents for         Social Space and Governance in Urban China        List of Figures and Table        Acknowledgments        Abbreviations        1.      Introduction        2.      Walls and Compounds: Toward a Genealogy of Danwei Spatial Practice        3.      Modernity and Social Organization Before 1949: The Emergence of the Proto-Danwei        4.      From the Government of Space to the Spatialization of Government: The Emergence of Revolutionary Spatial Practice        5.      Governing Urban China: Labor, Welfare, and the Danwei        6.      Danwei Space        7.      Reforming the Danwei        8.      Conclusions        Notes        Glossary        Bibliography        Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405559538007,"sku":"9780804750387","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804750387.jpg?v=1730492831","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/social-space-and-governance-in-urban-china-9780804750387","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}