Delivering common property in Chinese contractual communities: Law, power and practice

This paper examines how common property is produced and delineated in contractual communities China. Shanghai, one of the most developed Chinese cities with a burgeoning housing market, used as case study. The research analyses power relations between land, construction departments within Shanghai district governments developers, specifically, during development phases land leasing, permission ownership registration. Drawing on theoretical framework new institutionalism, its conception path dependency urban space, article sheds light what has led to infringement homeowners’ by developers. In weak legal regulatory system for development, shirk responsibility each other, whereas developers hold considerable power. concludes that bears imprint dynamics set motion phase thus requires greater recognition.