{"product_id":"social-space-and-governance-in-urban-china-the-danwei-system-from-origins-to-reform-9780804750387","title":"Social Space and Governance in Urban China: The Danwei System from Origins to Reform","description":"\u003cp\u003eCentered on the urban workplace, the \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. Not only was it the source of employment, wages, and other material benefits for the vast majority of urban residents, it was also the institution through which the urban population was housed, organized, regulated, policed, educated, trained, protected, and surveyed. Furthermore, as the basic unit of urban society, each \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e became a community, providing its members with identity, a face, and social belonging. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith 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. Recent economic restructuring has seen the \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e lose its dominant role, yet its presence still influences the possibilities for urban transformation. Moreover, the author argues, the new institutions emerging in its place display important characteristics of the old \u003ci\u003edanwei\u003c\/i\u003e system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Bray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804750387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bray is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the East Asian Institute, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Cambridge University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40141674020979,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b39a2862-66fa-4c91-8925-1430a4ba6096.jpg?v=1654521325","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/social-space-and-governance-in-urban-china-the-danwei-system-from-origins-to-reform-9780804750387","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}