Workers and Change in China - Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness

Zusatztext 'Masterfully-executed, Manfred Elfstrom's study of labor politics in China shows how 'recipes for resistance' and bureaucratic incentives create regional models of collective action and control. Elfstrom brings together protest and policy in innovative ways, as we watch workers' unrest transform the Chinese state's repressive and responsive capacity, and governance is altered from below.' Kevin J. O'Brien, University of California, Berkeley Informationen zum Autor Manfred Elfstrom is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan. Klappentext Strikes, protests and riots by Chinese workers are rising. Using interviews and statistics, Elfstrom shows that this unrest is altering governance in China at all levels. However, the result is political development of a profoundly contradictory sort: the state is becoming more responsive and more repressive at the same time. Zusammenfassung Strikes, protests and riots by Chinese workers are rising. Using interviews and statistics, Elfstrom shows that this unrest is altering governance in China at all levels. However, the result is political development of a profoundly contradictory sort: the state is becoming more responsive and more repressive at the same time. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Recipes for Resistance; 3. Bureaucratic Incentives; 4. Orthodox Control; 5. Risk-Taking Control; 6. Increased Repressive and Responsive Capacity; 7. Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Change; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; References.

Product details

• Authors: Manfred Elfstrom
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108831109
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83110-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics; Cambridge Studies in Contentio
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution