The Chinese worker after socialism / William Hurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurst, William, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-communism--Economic aspects--China.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Social aspects--China.

Government business enterprises--China--Employees.

Government business enterprises.

Unemployed--Government policy--China.

Unemployed.

Unemployed--China--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While millions in China have been advantaged by three decades of reform, impressive gains have also produced social dislocation. Groups that had been winners under socialism find themselves losers in the new order. Based on field research in nine cities across China, this fascinating study considers the fate of one such group - 35 million workers laid off from the state-owned sector. The book explains why these lay-offs occurred, how workers are coping with unemployment, what actions the state is taking to provide them with livelihoods and re-employment, and what happens when workers mobilize collectively to pursue redress of their substantial grievances. What happens to these people, the remnants of the socialist working class, will be critical in shaping post-socialist politics and society in China and beyond.

Contents:

Regional political economy and labor reform

The roots of unemployment and the political economy of lay-offs

Remaking China's urban welfare and labor market policies

Pathways to re-employment

Contention, protest, and social order

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-20223-X

0-511-57557-2

0-511-51776-9

0-511-51515-4

0-511-51422-0

0-511-51643-6

OCLC:

609833202