Abstract
In the process of rapid urbanization, the Chinese have seen the disappearance of a large number of villages and the emergence of ‘village-turned-community’. Many peasants move into newly built communities and become new urbanites. Based on fieldwork and a questionnaire survey, this research finds that these new urbanites are actually a new type of urban migrants, who must adjust to the transition in terms of self-identification and their community. Compared with migrant workers and landless peasants in the suburbs, residents in ‘village-turned-community’ are slower to accept the label of ‘new urbanites’.
Highlights
Over the past three decades, China has experienced rapid urbanization
Since relocated peasants are the object of state management in urban neighbourhoods as well as the subject of residents’ self-governance in neighbourhoods, their self-identification and sense of community are important to the governance of village-turned-community and long-term development
This paper finds that village relocation has a significant impact on the sense of community and villagers’ selfidentification
Summary
Over the past three decades, China has experienced rapid urbanization. One significant phenomenon has been the expansion of urban areas and the disappearance of a large number of villages. A set of urban grassroots governance system units, including Residents’ Committee, Homeowners’ Committee, and Property Management Company, are introduced into the village-turned-community. In the new town development model and the industrial upgrading model of village-turned-communities, relocated peasants may still engage in agricultural production (by renting others’ land) when there is an inadequate supply of non-agricultural jobs.
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