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来源

HOUSING STUDIES,Vol.32,Issue5,P.659-677

语言

英文

关键字

Rent gap theory; work unit housing; cultural capital; key schools; catchment zones; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; MARKET TRANSITION; UNIVERSITY TOWN; SCHOOL CHOICE; INNER-CITY; GENTRIFICATION; URBANIZATION; REDEVELOPMENT; SHANGHAI; URBANISM

作者单位

[Wu, Qiyan] East China Normal Univ, Ctr Modern Chinese City Studies, Shanghai, Peoples R China. [Wu, Qiyan] East China Normal Univ, Sch Urban & Reg Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China. [Zhang, Xiaoling] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Publ Policy, Urban Res Grp, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. [Waley, Paul] Univ Leeds, Sch Geog, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England. Zhang, XL (reprint author), City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Publ Policy, Urban Res Grp, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. E-Mail: xiaoling.zhang@cityu.edu.hk

摘要

In this paper, we expand rent-gap theory in conceptual and territorial terms. Hitherto, the theory has, as Neil Smith intended, been used in an economic sense; we argue here, borrowing ideas from Pierre Bourdieu, that in the competitive environment of Chinese education, a rent gap in cultural capital is created which can later be converted into economic capital. The process we identify is triggered by the purchase of an apartment in a catchment zone, crucial to obtaining entry into a prestigious key' school in most Chinese cities. This leads to apartments changing hands for high prices despite generally being old and dilapidated. The rent gap in cultural capital occurs when parents forego potential short-term gains to capitalize on the long-term benefits of a superior education. This is contrasted here with a somewhat more conventional scenario, where property developers exploit a rent gap on suburban apartments built in the catchment of branch key' schools.