Interrogating the production of urban space in China and Vietnam under market socialism

This paper explores two issues. First, it focuses on the question of what is the most appropriate theoretical framework for the study of the urbanisation process in China and Vietnam over the last 30 years? It is argued that Le Fefebvre's theory of the 'production of urban space' offe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asia Pacific viewpoint
1. Verfasser: McGee, Terence G. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: McGee, Terry G. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 2009
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Urbanisierung > China > Vietnam > Stadt > Verstädterung > Sozioökonomischer Wandel > Wissenschaftstheorie > Systemtransformation > Wirtschaftssystem > Volksrepublik China > Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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Zusammenfassung:This paper explores two issues. First, it focuses on the question of what is the most appropriate theoretical framework for the study of the urbanisation process in China and Vietnam over the last 30 years? It is argued that Le Fefebvre's theory of the 'production of urban space' offers the most useful approach because the political economy it adopts helps identify the major driving forces in the urbanisation process in these formerly socialist societies. The second issue involves the investigation of the differences and similarities in the urbanisation process in the two countries that are engaged in similar processes of structural economic transformation. The conclusion suggests that despite historical and cultural differences between Vietnam and China, the urbanisation process in both countries is exhibiting converging features as both countries are adopting a form of 'hybrid urbanisation' that involves a combination of socialist and market economies that does not involve an inevitable move to 'capitalism'. (Asia Pac Viewp/GIGA)
ISSN:1360-7456