Neighborhood Organization and Social Control in Changing Urban China
Author | : Lening Zhang |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 155 |
Release | : 2022-01-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781527578913 |
ISBN-13 | : 1527578917 |
Rating | : 4/5 (917 Downloads) |
Download or read book Neighborhood Organization and Social Control in Changing Urban China written by Lening Zhang and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a cross-cultural perspective, this book utilizes data collected from several large-scale surveys to assess the neighborhood social control system in a changing urban China. It conceptualizes this system through different types of neighborhood social control at private, parochial, semi-public, public, and market levels. The book highlights the importance of cross-cultural studies of neighborhood effects, and discusses several major issues in such studies along with prospects for future research.