Restructuring Urban Administration

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
Michael J. Reimer
Keyword(s):  
Urban Administration

Urban administration, new technologies and corporate economics. An interview with Georges Mercadal

Flux ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Gabriel Dupuy ◽  
Jean-Marc Offner ◽  
Georges Mercadal
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Urban Administration

Illegal Construction in Hanoi and Hanoi's Wards

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Koh
Keyword(s):  
State Power ◽  
The State ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Boundaries ◽  
Urban Administration ◽  
Ability And Willingness

AbstractIn the drama of negotiation of state boundaries, the role of local administrators as mediators is indispensable. They mediate between state demands for more discipline and societal demands for more liberties. Their ability and willingness to enforce determines the extent of state power. They are a particular type of elites chosen by the state to administer; yet often they have an irrational and morally corrupt relationship with their subjects. The questions that arise then are: When do the local administrators decide to or not to enforce the rules? What considerations do they hold in the face of contradicting demands for their loyalties? This paper seeks answers to the above questions by examining state enforcement of its construction rules in Hanoi after 1975, in which the ward, a level of local administrators in the urban administration landscape, plays an important role in holding up (or letting down) the fences. I will examine the irrationality of the housing regime that led to widespread offences against construction rules, and then show why and how local administrators may or may not enforce rules. This paper comprises two parts. The first part outlines the nature and history of the housing regime in Vietnam and the situation of state provision of housing to the people. These provide the context in which illegal construction arises. Part Two looks at illegal construction in Hanoi chronologically, and focuses on important episodes. The theme that runs through this paper is the role of local administrators in the reality of illegal construction.

Women in Urban Administration

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charol Shakeshaft
Keyword(s):  
Urban Administration

“Not Rural but Not Urban”: Community Governance in China's Urban Villages

2015 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
pp. 724-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beibei Tang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
Governance Mode ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Village ◽  
Urban Administration ◽  
Urban Villages

AbstractChina's urbanization has created a large number of urban villages which, although they have been transferred to urban administration, have maintained their collective economies. Using a comparative perspective, this article investigates how villagers, the village collectives and the urban administration organize community governance in three urban villages on the fringes of the cities of Guangzhou, Wuhan and Shenyang. The findings suggest that successful village collective shareholding companies play a leading role in community governance by providing villagers with economic and social welfare, subsidizing community administration services, and mobilizing residents. The comparative analysis also shows that village shareholding companies employ different mechanisms based on the varied histories of their village collective economies, the ability of the village collectives to mobilize resources, and the degree to which the village collectives are engaged in the grassroots administrative structure. The article argues that the “not rural but not urban” governance mode of the urban villages illustrates China's fragmented urbanization planning. At the same time, it illuminates the dynamics of state–society relations during China's urbanization and how landless villagers and village collectives respond to urban transformation by adopting different strategies to preserve their individual and collective interests.

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