Knowledge workers in contemporary China : reform and resistance in the publishing industry / Jianhua Yao.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yao, Jianhua, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--China--Employees.

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--Employees--Labor unions--China.

Publishers and publishing--China.

Editors--China.

Editors.

Labor--China.

Labor.

Labor unions--China.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, [Maryland] : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book concentrates on knowledge workers, mainly editors, in the Chinese publishing industry. The book focuses on their changing social, economic, and political roles; their dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities associated with current social reform; and China's integration into the global political economy.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Political Economy, Media Reform, and Knowledge Workers; 2 The Commodification Process; 3 The Structuration Process; 4 The Spatialization Process; 5 Labor Convergence; Conclusion; Appendixes; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-8665-5

OCLC:

922072692