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The Making of China's Working Class: A World to Lose offers a contribution not just to scholarship on Chinese labor politics, but on the country's politics and the state's hegemony more widely. This book
is an outstanding resource for educators and students to understand Chinese politics and comparative working-class politics.
List of contents
Introduction
1. Revolution: The Making of the Chinese Working Class
2. Radicalism: The Apotheosis of the Chinese Working Class
3. Structural Reform: The Fall of the Chinese Working Class
Conclusion: The Making, Apotheosis and Fall of the Chinese Working Class
Commentaries
About the author
Marc Blecher is James Monroe Professor of Politics and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. He has served as a Senior Research Fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies, Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Sussex. His specialty is Chinese politics, on which he has published five books and dozens of articles on political science, rural and urban politics, popular participation, political economy, and political sociology.
Summary
The Making of China’s Working Class: A World to Lose offers a contribution not just to scholarship on Chinese labor politics, but on the country’s politics and the state’s hegemony more widely. This book is an outstanding resource for educators and students to understand Chinese politics and comparative working-class politics.
