Encountering Land Grab: An Ethnographic Journey 9781000588972, 1000588971

Taking possession of private land for ‘public purpose’ by the eminent domain of the state is a global phenomenon, but it

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Encountering Land Grab: An Ethnographic Journey
9781000588972, 1000588971

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The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious

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In this book research in process and research findings are represented in a play script which brings vividly to life bot

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This book explores the author's ten-year ethnographic journey in different locations in Shanghai. His immersion in

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This highly original book brings compelling narratives of migration and social diversity vividly to life. At once a play

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This provocative book challenges many of our ingrained assumptions about the direction of contemporary capitalism and of

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'Tracing China's' journey began from exploring rural revolution and reconstitutions of community in South

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This path breaking book is the first to provide a rigorous and comprehensive examination of Internet culture and consump

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Trust occupies a unique place in contemporary discourse. Seen as both necessary and virtuous, it is variously depicted a

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