Hybrid ownership structures in state capitalism: Ownership-based society, socio-economic differentiation and Governmentality analysed through the example of Shenzhen, China (C01)

• Subject Area: Asian Studies
• Term: from 2021 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 424638267

The project explores the interdependencies at play between the hybrid land ownership rights and the emergence of structures that are characteristic of property-based societies following China’s transformation into a market economy. It further investigates how this process yields new relationships between state and society (Governmentality). In a case study, the researchers analyse five 'joint-stock cooperatives' in Shenzhen, which operate both as parafiscal and corporate entities in the context of Chinese 'urban villages'. The data are collected in semi-structured and standardised interviews for a range of stakeholder groups, including representatives of the aforemen¬tioned organisations and companies and residents of the urban villages.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 294: Strukturwandel des Eigentums
• Applicant Institution: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath