Conflicts and regional culture: The general features and cultural background of illegitimate housing demolition in China

《Conflicts and regional culture: The general features and cultural background of illegitimate housing demolition in China》

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关键字: Demolition and relocation conflict; Violent demolition; Illegitimate administration; Regional culture; Culture and conflict; Count regression; INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM; LAND ACQUISITION; URBANIZATION; GROWTH; LITIGATION; PROTEST; PATTERN; CITIES; GLOBE;

作者单位: [Han, Haoying] Zhejiang Univ, Dept Urban & Reg Planning, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China. [Shu, Xianfan] Zhejiang Univ, Dept Land Management, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China. [Shu, Xianfan] Minist Land & Resources, Lab Rural Urban Construct Land Econ & Intens Use, Beijing 100812, Peoples R China. [Ye, Xinyue] Kent State Univ, Dept Geog, Kent, OH 44242 USA. [Ye, Xinyue] Kent State Univ, Computat Social Sci Lab, Kent, OH 44242 USA. Shu, XF (reprint author), Zhejiang Univ, Dept Land Management, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China. E-Mail: shuxianfan@zju.edu.cn

摘要: Conflicts caused by housing demolition and relocation have been a major threat to social stability in China. However, our knowledge of what characterizes these conflicts and how they emerge remains inadequate. This article aims to address these two questions. In a general sense, this paper is also an attempt to promote a better understanding of the relationship between conflicts and regional culture. Based on an analysis of 575 cases of illegitimate demolition collected from news websites, we find that most illegitimate demolition cases occur against the background of the public sector's expropriation in urbanization projects. Moreover, a spatial agglomeration of illegitimate demolition cases is found north of the Yangtze River. A count data regression model is developed to assess whether regional culture is relevant. The results confirm that regional cultural features, which are quantified using 7 cultural dimensions of the GLOBE project, influence the probability of illegitimate demolition. Specifically, residents of a region with higher uncertainty avoidance, humane orientation and in-group collectivism are more likely to experience illegitimate demolition. In contrast, a region characterized by high performance orientation, assertiveness, institutional collectivism and power distance has a relatively low probability of experiencing illegitimate demolition.