Chinese homeowner associations (HOAs) are citizen-initiated, self governing neighborhood organizations that emerged very recently in urban China. HOAs take various legal, political, and social actions to deal with neighborhood issues. However, there are large discrepancies in the effectiveness...

Since China's marketization-featured housing reform, homeowner associations have played a greater role in neighbourhood governance. Using the theory of social movements and organizations, this article investigates how homeowner associations strategically reorganize themselves to achieve their...