From authoritarian development to totalist urban reordering: The Daxing forced evictions case

Pils E (2020)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Book Volume: 34

Pages Range: 270-290

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1177/0920203X20929590

Abstract

The forced eviction campaign in the wake of a fire in Daxing District in Beijing in November 2017 provides some evidence signalling a shift from a technocratic-utilitarian model to a more assertive, image-conscious and totalist model of spatial control and population governance. Yet, although it was not possible for anyone to mount effective legal or political resistance to the campaign, protests in its wake suggest that faced with even harsher forms of control, citizens might solidarize in novel ways, articulating their legal rights and shared political identity as Chinese citizens across social barriers.

How to cite

APA:

Pils, E. (2020). From authoritarian development to totalist urban reordering: The Daxing forced evictions case. China Information, 34(2), 270-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203X20929590

MLA:

Pils, Eva. "From authoritarian development to totalist urban reordering: The Daxing forced evictions case." China Information 34.2 (2020): 270-290.

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