eprintid: 10192243 rev_number: 14 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/22/43 datestamp: 2024-05-14 08:58:52 lastmod: 2024-05-14 09:22:54 status_changed: 2024-05-14 08:58:52 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Wang, Ying creators_name: Wu, Fulong creators_name: Zhang, Fangzhu title: Participatory micro-regeneration: governing urban redevelopment in Qinghe, Beijing ispublished: inpress divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F39 keywords: Participation, regeneration, self-governance, governmentality, China note: © The Author(s), 2024. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ abstract: This article explores how far the Foucauldian concept of “governmentality” may offer valuable insights into new trends of participatory regeneration in urban China. Drawing on participatory micro-regeneration projects in Qinghe, Beijing, this research follows a governmentality approach. It explores how the Chinese state exercises new governmental technologies of community participation and self-governance to construct governable spaces and governable subjects. During the regeneration process, we identify multiple participatory practices where citizen power is exercised in decision-making and project implementation but guided by experts within the fields structured by the state. We argue that participation has been instrumentalized by the state to achieve extra-economic objectives of social governance and people-centred development. We also observe tensions and resistance during participatory micro-regeneration, leading to the failure to develop a self-governed community. date: 2024-05-10 date_type: published publisher: Informa UK Limited official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2349449 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2274837 doi: 10.1080/02723638.2024.2349449 lyricists_name: Wang, Ying lyricists_name: Zhang, Fangzhu lyricists_name: Wu, Fulong lyricists_id: YWAAX53 lyricists_id: FZHAN24 lyricists_id: FWUXX57 actors_name: Wang, Ying actors_id: YWAAX53 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Urban Geography pagerange: 1-22 issn: 0272-3638 citation: Wang, Ying; Wu, Fulong; Zhang, Fangzhu; (2024) Participatory micro-regeneration: governing urban redevelopment in Qinghe, Beijing. Urban Geography pp. 1-22. 10.1080/02723638.2024.2349449 <https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2349449>. (In press). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192243/1/Wang_Participatory%20micro-regeneration%20%20governing%20urban%20redevelopment%20in%20Qinghe%20%20Beijing.pdf