The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace

This book sheds light on state and society relations in China under the Nationalist and Communist regimes.

List of contents

List of tables; List of acronyms; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Labor management and its opponents, 1927-37; 3. Welfare and wages in wartime; 4. Takeover policies and labor politics, 1949-52; 5. Adjusting to the command economy; 6. Enterprise perspectives on the command economy; 7. The rise of 'party committee factories'; 8. Conclusion; Archives consulted; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This book traces the origins of the 'iron rice bowl' of comprehensive cradle-to-grave benefits and lifetime employment in Chinese factories. It suggests that, in some ways, the Chinese revolution in 1949 was not as revolutionary as most have thought.

Product details

• Authors: Mark W. Frazier
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.2015
• EAN: 9780521800211
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80021-1
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 625 g
• Series: Cambridge Modern China (Hardco
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education