Urban Sociology

Author: Wang Ying
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Since the 1980s, information technology has triggered the global allocation of production factors, ending the era of profit through "mass scale" and ushering in a new economy focused on meeting special market demands, capturing market premiums, and pursuing high-value. Core cities (CITY) have been replaced by multi-centered urban clusters (URBAN), and the bureaucratic system based on official authority has gradually given way to a people-centered collaborative governance. Cities have become actors in global competition, passive citizens have transformed into active participants, professionals have replaced managers to form a new middle class, and mayors have become "entrepreneurial" political stars. The transformation of production methods is quietly changing everything in urban society.