Labor, class formation, and China's informationized policy of economic development / Yu Hong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hong, Yu, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--China.

Social classes.

Division of labor--China.

Division of labor.

Information technology--Social aspects--China.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (580 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Labor, Class Formation, and China's Informationized Policy of Economic Development, Yu Hong examines crucial connections between the evolving political economy of information and communications technology (ICT) and the reconstitution of class relations in China. Situating China's ICT development over the last thirty years at the intersection of transnational trends, domestic policies, and institutional arrangements, Hong shows how evolving class relations in the ICT sector are shaped by and shaping the transnational capitalist dynamics and domestic socio-economic transformations.

Contents:

Introduction

Political economy of Chinese ICT development in the globalization era

The composition of ICT workforces and its indications of China's developmental strategy

Procurement, management, and discipline

Practices and identities of migrant workers : between lived experiences and past memories

Will Chinese ICT workers unite? : new signs of change in the aftermanth of the global economic crisis

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32392-1

1-283-05680-1

9786613056801

0-7391-3728-X

OCLC:

714568480