The spatial dimension of negotiated power relations and social justice in the redevelopment of villages-in-the-city in China

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Description :
This paper investigates the spatial dimension of power relations and the seeking of social justice through an urban redevelopment project. It presents a link between power and space, suggesting that different forms of power stem from the multiple connections which different actors draw from space, be it place or shifting positions. In the context of China’s villages-in-the-city redevelopment, this idea suggests that the dispossessed are not entirely powerless, although their formal rights to participate are forfeit. It moves the discussion of social justice beyond liberal democratic societies where most of the literature is based. Such a move is expected to generate new understandings of the geographies of social justice.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Environment and planning A, issn : 0308-518X, 2013, vol. 45, n°. 10, p. 2459-2476, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 3 p

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Pion