When Formalization Fails: The Credibility of Informality in China’s Resettlement Communities (Elements in Global Development Studies) - Hardcover

Qian, Zhu; Yang, Chen

 
9781009585668: When Formalization Fails: The Credibility of Informality in China’s Resettlement Communities (Elements in Global Development Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1009585665 ISBN 13: 9781009585668
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Globally, states use rural-to-urban resettlement to fuel development, yet this formal process consistently generates its own informalities. Using a comparative case study of China-contrasting its affluent coast with its poorer hinterland-this book reveals how informality not only persists after resettlement but performs essential functions, critically challenging the effectiveness of prevailing policies. Theoretically, the study leverages the innovative Credibility Thesis, applying its Formal, Actual, and Targeted (FAT) Institutional Framework and Credibility Scales and Intervention (CSI) Checklist to explain the emergence and evolution of post-resettlement informality. The findings offer powerful, empirically grounded recommendations for integrating informal realities into urban planning, with profound implications for understanding institutional credibility and the functional role of informality in development.

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Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1009585665
ISBN 13 
9781009585668
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
96
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