The End of the Village – Planning the Urbanization of Rural China Smith Hardback

The End of the VillagePlanning the Urbanization of Rural China\nAuthor(s): Nick R. Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517910914, 978-1517910914\nSynopsis\nHow Chinas expansive new era of urbanization threatens to undermine the foundations of rural life\n\nSince the beginning of the twenty-first century, China has vastly expanded its urbanization processes in an effort to reduce the inequalities between urban and rural areas. Centered on the mountainous region of Chongqing, which serves as an experimental site for the countrys new urban development policies, The End of the Village analyzes the radical expansion of urbanization and its consequences for Chinas villagers. It reveals a fundamental rewriting of the nations social contract, as villages that once organized rural life and guaranteed rural livelihoods are replaced by an increasingly urbanized landscape dominated by state institu.