Wu, Q, Zhang, X and Waley, PT (2017) When Neil Smith Met Pierre Bourdieu in Nanjing, China: Bringing Cultural Capital into Rent Gap Theory. Housing Studies, 32 (5). pp. 659-677. ISSN 0267-3037
Abstract
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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Housing Studies on 23rd September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02673037.2016.1228849. |
Keywords: | Rent gap theory; work unit housing; cultural capital; key schools; catchment zones |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2016 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2019 11:59 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2016.1228849 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/02673037.2016.1228849 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104313 |