Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-314) and index.
Contents
Decentralized Legal Authoritarianism -- Chinese Workers' Contentious Transition from State Socialism -- Stalled Reform: Between Social Contract and Legal Contract -- Rustbelt: Protest of Desperation -- The Unmaking of Mao's Working Class in the Rustbelt -- Life After "Danwei": Surviving Enterprise Collapse -- Sunbelt: Protest of Discrimination -- The Making of New Labor in the Sunbelt -- "Dagong" As a Way of Life -- Conclusion: China in Comparative Perspectives -- Chinese Labor Politics in Comparative Perspectives.