New Deal for Chinas Workers?

Chinäs leaders aspire to the prosperity, political legitimacy, and stability that flowed from Americäs New Deal, but they are irrevocably opposed to the independent trade unions and mass mobilization that brought it about. Cynthia Estlund¿s crisp comparative analysis makes Chinäs labor unrest and reform legible to Western readers.

About the author

Cynthia Estlund is Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.

Summary

China’s leaders aspire to the prosperity, political legitimacy, and stability that flowed from America’s New Deal, but they are irrevocably opposed to the independent trade unions and mass mobilization that brought it about. Cynthia Estlund’s crisp comparative analysis makes China’s labor unrest and reform legible to Western readers.

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia Estlund, Cynthia (Columbia University) Estlund, Estlund Cynthia
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780674971394
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97139-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Asia / General, Industrial relations, health & safety, LAW / Labor & Employment, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / Comparative, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Comparative Politics, comparative law, Asian History, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Employment & Labour Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment and labour law: general