Abstract
China’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in scale. It has also produced some paradoxical outcomes and led to multiple interconnections between the rural and the urban spheres. These interconnections are the central focus of this special issue. Thus, preference is given to the term “rural–urban transformation” instead of simply “urbanisation.” The main argument advanced here is that we always need to consider the rural aspects and repercussions alongside the urban side of this dual process. This introduction first highlights some of these antinomies to set the stage for the discussion. Next, it explains how they relate to changing mechanisms of inclusion/exclusion. It is proposed that a theoretical approach of functional differentiation can help us sort out the various ways inclusions and exclusions are being produced and combined. Finally, the introduction presents an overview of the articles collected in this special issue and how they relate to the aforementioned topics.
Highlights
China’s Rural–Urban Transformation: New Forms of Inclusion and Exclusion sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/18681026211004955journals.sagepub.com/home/cca Björn Alpermann AbstractChina’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in scale
China’s urbanisation has produced some paradoxical outcomes and led to multiple interconnections between the rural and the urban spheres. These interconnections are the central focus of this special issue, with the goal of advancing the agenda to study “urbanisation in between” – that is, presupposing neither a complete disruption and individualisation in the process of urbanisation nor a uniquely Chinese model of urbanism as an alternative to capitalist modernity (Kipnis, 2013)
The idea of functional differentiation and various social subsystems may be helpful in furthering our understanding of inclusion and exclusion in the process of China’s rural–urban transformation
Summary
China’s Rural–Urban Transformation: New Forms of Inclusion and Exclusion sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/18681026211004955journals.sagepub.com/home/cca Björn Alpermann AbstractChina’s urbanisation drive has been unprecedented in scale. Keywords China, China’s urbanisation, rural–urban transformation, social inclusion and exclusion
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