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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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Introduction: Socialist Humanitarianism. [PDF]

J Contemp Hist
Hearne S.
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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The vampire in late communist cinema: from internal enemy to foreign threat. [PDF]

Stud East Eur Thought
Martin AS.
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TAXI, CHILLI AND MOBILE PARTY BRANCH: Reterritorialization of Migrants in Urban Villages, Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In China as well as in other countries, migrants often grapple with urban inequities by actively reshaping the functions and meanings of their environments. While acknowledging established frameworks such as place‐making and urban informality, this study adopts a complementary lens, framing migrants’ everyday practices as a process of ...
Xinrui Gao, Jennifer Day, Sun Sheng Han
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From Ostalgie To Ostodium. The Anti-Communist Novel in Post-1989 East-Central Europe¹. [PDF]

Cent Eur
Stan A, Borza C.
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MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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From Dissidence to Heroism: Constructing an Ideal Post-Communist Identity in the Czech Republic. [PDF]

East Eur Polit Soc
Blaive M.
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Wealth Redistribution and Mutual Aid: Comparison Using Equivalent/Non-Equivalent Exchange Models of Econophysics. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel), 2023
Kato T.
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The idea of Communism

, 2010
Book synopsis: Contributors Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Antoni Negri, Michael Hardt, Jacques Rancière, Terry Eagleton, Jean-Luc Nancy, Susan Buck-Morss, Bruno Bosteels, Peter Hallward, Alberto Toscano, Wang Hui and others took part in a landmark ...
Zizek, Slavoj, Douzinas, Costas
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