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State and laid-off workers in reform China : the silence and collective action of the retrenched /

In the 1990s, the Chinese government launched an unprecedented reform of state enterprises, putting tens of millions of people out of work. This empirically rich study calls on comprehensive surveys and interviews, combining quantitative data with qualitative in its examination of the variation in w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cai, Yongshun
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge studies--China in transition ; 23.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • chapter 2 The Ending of a Socialist Contract and Retrenchment
  • chapter 3 Retrenchment and laid-off workers' responses
  • chapter 4 Fragmentation and Collective Action
  • chapter 5 Management and Worker Silence
  • chapter 6 The Government and the Prevention of Worker Resistance
  • chapter 7 The Collective Action of Chinese Laid-off Workers
  • chapter 8 Conclusion.