Purpose – This paper aims to introduce a sociological view to analyze the Economic and Technological Development Zones (ETDZs) in China. The ETDZs are established to foster concentrated regional economic development. Currently, there are 219 national level ETDZs throughout the country, and...

This paper investigates the process of developing and implementing special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial parks (IPs) in Russia. Russian government used these initiatives to develop and diversify exports, increase employment, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and launch technology...

This paper examines whether social transformations involved in migrations from large cities into their peripheries translates into increased levels of social capital. It could be reasonably expected that existing population of such peripheries should have higher levels of bonding social capital,...