Labor Activists and the New Working Class in China [electronic resource] : Strike Leaders’ Struggles /
Leung, P.author.
This project provides an in-depth study of the role of worker-activist leaders in industrial strikes in China, a country where labor rights face significant challenges from state and industry suppression and by current lack of formal organization.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Understanding Labor Activism in China; 2 The Macro-Setting: The New Working Class under Chinese State Capitalism; 3 The Micro-Setting: Strikes of Jewelry Workers in PRD; 4 The Organizing Mechanism of the Strikes; 5 Leading Strikes in China: The Critical Role of Labor Activists; 6 The "Citizen Strike": Sustaining the Organizing Core; 7 Conclusion: The Way toward an Organized Labor Movement; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This project provides an in-depth study of the role of worker-activist leaders in industrial strikes in China, a country where labor rights face significant challenges from state and industry suppression and by current lack of formal organization.
Economic policy.
Industrial sociology.
Ethnography.
Human rights.
Ethnology.
Labor economics.
Economic Policy.
Sociology of Work.
Ethnography.
Human Rights.
Cultural Anthropology.
Labor Economics.