Social space and governance in urban China : the danwei system from origins to reform

David Bray.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2005.

"Centered on the urban workplace, the danwei (work unit) was 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 danwei became a community, providing its members with identity, "face", and social belonging. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution to the present day. Recent economic restructuring has seen the danwei lose its dominant role, yet its influence still affects the possibilities for urban transformation. Moreover, the author argues, the new institutions emerging in its place display important characteristics of the old danwei system."--BOOK JACKET.

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Bibliographic Information

Format:: Book
Author:: Bray, David, 1965-
Subject:: Social structure > China.; Sociology, Urban > China.; Socialism > China.; Danwei.
Publication Year:: 2005
Language:: English
Published:: Stanford, Calif
ISBN:: 0804750386
Course:: HIST350
A Global History of Cities; SOC371
Chinese Culture and Society; SOC430
Economic Reform and Social Transformation in Contemporary China
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-268) and index.