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In this article three different perspectives on community organization in a Western context – structural, cultural, and critical cultural approaches – are described in order to shed light on the discussion of community development in post-socialist urban China, where the decline of socialist communities has caused increasing concerns about rediscovering community attachment.

French

Cette étude passe en revue trois différentes perspectives sur l'organisation communautaire dans un contexte occidental – approches structurelle, culturelle et culturelle critique – et les applique pour jeter de la lumière sur la question du développement communautaire de la Chine urbaine post-socialiste où le déclin des communautés suscite des préoccupations croissantes sur la façon de redécouvrir l'attachement communautaire.

Spanish

En este trabajo se investigan tres perspectivas diferentes de organización comunitaria en el contexto estructural occidental, cultural y los acercamientos culturales críticos y se utilizan para iluminar la discusión del desarrollo comunitario en la china urbana post-socialista, donde la declinación de las comunidades socialistas ha generado una creciente preocupación sobre el re-descubrimiento del apego a la comunidad.

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community council community organization economic reform post-socialist China Western approaches

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