The End of the "Unit Society": Community Building in the Context of the "Typical Unit System" in Northeast China's Old Industrial Base

Author: Tian Yipeng
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: When discussing community development in contemporary China, people often associate it with the unit system. However, academia rarely delves into the specific and diverse variations of the "unit system" in different spatial contexts. This book introduces the variable of "locality" into the "unit-community" research, taking the super-large industrial communities in the Northeast Old Industrial Base as a case study. It reveals the formation and manifestations of the "typical unit system" and further explores its impact and constraints on the community development in the Northeast Old Industrial Base. The book uncovers the deeper implications of unit studies to enrich the development of "unit theory" and address theoretical challenges such as the "end of the unit society" and community construction and development.