Chinese Worker after Socialism

Name: Chinese Worker after Socialism
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ISBN: 9781107404625

ISBN-10: 1107404622

ISBN-13: 9781107404625

Edition: 2012

Authors: William Hurst

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This book was first published in 2009. 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…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/19/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English



Introduction



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