When Formalization Fails: The Credibility of Informality in China’s Resettlement Communities (Elements in Global Development Studies) - Softcover

Qian, Zhu; Yang, Chen

 
9781009585651: When Formalization Fails: The Credibility of Informality in China’s Resettlement Communities (Elements in Global Development Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1009585657 ISBN 13: 9781009585651
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Globally, states use rural-to-urban resettlement to fuel development, yet this formal process consistently generates its own informalities. Using a comparative case study of China―contrasting its affluent coast with its poorer hinterland―this book reveals how informality not only persists after resettlement but performs essential functions, critically challenging the effectiveness of prevailing policies. Theoretically, the study leverages the innovative Credibility Thesis, applying its Formal, Actual, and Targeted (FAT) Institutional Framework and Credibility Scales and Intervention (CSI) Checklist to explain the emergence and evolution of post-resettlement informality. The findings offer powerful, empirically grounded recommendations for integrating informal realities into urban planning, with profound implications for understanding institutional credibility and the functional role of informality in development.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009585657
ISBN 13 
9781009585651
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
75