Beyond market meritocracy : work and family care in Chinese societies / Haijing Dai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dai, Haijing, author.

Contributor:

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). School of Public Policy, associated with work.

Series:

International policy exchange series.

Oxford scholarship online.

International policy exchange series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Work and family--China.

Work and family.

Work and family--Government policy--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

'Beyond Market Meritocracy' investigates how employers evaluate and treat male and female employees with varied family care responsibilities in three different labour regimes of Chinese societies - the neo-liberal Hong Kong market under a productivist welfare system, the market-driven private sector of mainland China struggling with the post-COVID-19 economic decline, and the state-supervised public sector of mainland China with socialist legacies. Through extensive and empirical data, it uniquely enriches the existing literature by examining the rationales of employers in the comparisons of different types of family caregivers and non-caregivers and of different labour regimes in China.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Appendixes

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Paradoxes, Employers, and Social Policies

2 Work and Family Care in Chinese Societies

3 Research on Three Labor Regimes in Chinese Societies

4 Virtuous Family Caregivers yet Unwanted Mothers: The Intertwined Caregiver Bonus and Penalty in Hong Kong

5 "Work Is Work": The Caregiver Penalty in Shenzhen's Private Sector

6 Family Care as a Need: Workplace Communities and Their Boundaries in Shenzhen's Public Sector

7 Conclusion: Family Care and Labor Protection in the New Era

Appendix 1: Sample Questionnaire of the Curriculum Vitae (CV)-Based Survey

Appendix 2: Lists of Interviewees in Hong Kong, Shenzhen's Private Sector, and Shenzhen's Public Sector

References

Index.

Notes:

At foot of title: University of Maryland Policy School.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 19, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-776712-5

0-19-776711-7

0-19-776713-3

9780197767115

OCLC:

1545641723