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A Theory and History of Rural–urban Governance in China

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Authors:
  1. Chao Ye

    1. Shanghai, China

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  • Shows us the long history of rural-urban relations in China over 5,000 years
  • Puts forward a new theory—Adam Smith’s framework, which integrates economics, geography and history into a whole thing
  • Discusses theinternational and interdisciplinary perspective, which helps to understand the development of China's urbanization in the long term

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 1-24

  3. Rural–Urban Relations: Concepts, Methods and Theories

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 25-55

  4. Smith Framework

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 57-77

  5. The Origin of China’s Rural–Urban Relations

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 79-105

  6. Rural–Urban Relationship in China’s Historical Periods

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 107-163

  7. Rural–Urban Relations in Modern China

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 165-211

  8. Conclusion

    • Chao Ye
    Pages 213-220
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About this book

This book divides the history of China's rural-urban relations into three stages: antagonism, integration and re-antagonism, and demonstrates that the two coupled variables i.e., policy-culture and coast-trade are the most crucial to urbanization and rural-urban governance in China from ancient times till now. From the perspective of a combination of history and geography, this book puts forward a new theory which is mainly based on Adam Smith's theory and other theories about rural-urban relationship and reinterprets the process and driving forces of evolutionary history of rural-urban relationship over 5,000 years in China. It is useful for researchers and scholars specialized in such fields as rural and urban studies, economics, geography, management and planning for reference.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Shanghai, China

    Chao Ye

About the author

Dr. Chao Ye is currently a Professor at East China Normal UniversityandDistinguished Professor atNorthwest Normal University. Chao is the chief expert of Major Project of National Social Sciences Fund of China (No.19ZDA086), and a member of theNational Expert Committee on Grassroots Power Construction and Community Governance, Academic Committee of Geographical Society of China (GSC), Agricultural Geography and Rural Development Committee, Cultural Geography Committee, and the Social Geography Committee of Chinese Sociological Association in China.He is mainly engaged in urbanization and rural-urban governance, geographical thought and methodology,and cultural geography and sustainability science. Chaohas been honored the title of Young Chang Jiang Scholar by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the National Youth Geographic Science and Technology Award by GSC. So far, Chao has published over 100 papers in suchjournals asNature, Science Bulletin, Habitat International, Journal of Rural Studies, Land Use Policy, and Acta Geographica Sinica, and two other books in Chinese, titled The Theory and History on China’s Rural-urban Relationship (2014) and Between Time and Space (2021).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Theory and History of Rural–urban Governance in China

  • Authors: Chao Ye

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1201-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Southeast University Press 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1200-8Published: 22 May 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1203-9Published: 23 May 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1201-5Published: 21 May 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Human Geography, Economic Geography, Public Policy, Urban History, History of China

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