| Description |
1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : 1 map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Regional political economy and labor reform -- The roots of unemployment and the political economy of lay-offs -- Remaking China₂s urban welfare and labor market policies -- Pathways to re-employment -- Contention, protest, and social order -- Conclusion. |
| 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. This book explains why those 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."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Post-communism -- Economic aspects -- China.
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Post-communism -- Economic aspects. |
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China. |
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Post-communism. |
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Post-communism -- Social aspects -- China.
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Post-communism -- Social aspects. |
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Government business enterprises -- China -- Employees.
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Government business enterprises. |
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Employees. |
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Unemployed -- Government policy -- China.
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Unemployed -- Government policy. |
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Unemployed. |
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Unemployed -- China -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hurst, William, 1975- Chinese worker after socialism. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521898874 0521898870 (OCoLC)237884497 |
| ISBN |
9780511517761 (electronic book) |
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0511517769 (electronic book) |
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9780511517273 |
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0511517270 |
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9780521898874 (cased) |
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0521898870 (cased) |
| Standard No. |
9786612103711 |
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