Laid-off workers in a workers' state : unemployment with Chinese characteristics / edited by Thomas B. Gold [and others].
| Other author | Gold, Thomas B. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. |
| Description | viii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / William J. Hurst, Thomas B. Gold, and Jaeyoun Won -- Broadening the debate on xiagang : policy origins and parallels in history / Lei Guang -- Xiagang and the geometry of urban political patronage in China : celebrated state (once-) workers and state chagrin / Dorothy J. Solinger -- Class formation or fragmentation? Allegiances and divisions among managers and workers in state-owned enterprises / Kun-Chin Lin -- Voices of xiagang : naming, blaming, and framing / Eva P.W. Hung and Stephen W.K. Chiu -- The power of the past : nostalgia and popular discontent in contemporary China / William J. Hurst -- China's older workers : between law and policy, between laid off and unemployed / Mary E. Gallagher -- The professional reintegration of the "xiagang" / Li Peilin and Zhang Yi -- Farewell to socialist labor in China / Jaeyoun Won -- State policies and Chinese laid-off workers' limited resistance / Yongshun Cai -- The reemergence of street protests : state workers challenge the Chinese state / Antoine Kernen. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008049760 |
| ISBN | 0230613705 |
| ISBN | 9780230613706 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD 5830.A6 L342 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |