Law and fair work in China
By: Sean Cooney, Sarah Biddulph, 'Ying Zhu'
Contributors: Biddulph, Sarah; Zhu, Ying, Ph. D.
Series: Routledge contemporary china series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780415674072; 9780203073001
Subjects: Industrial Arbitration; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; Law reform; Law and legislation; Labor disputes; Labor laws and legislation
Description: "China's economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several hundred thousand disputes break out over working conditions, many of them violent, and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law, and other forms of regulation, to govern working conditions and combat labour disputes. Starting from its beginnings in the Republican period the book traces the evolution of the law of work in modern China right up to the reforms of the present day. It goes on to consider the structure of Chinese work law, drawing on both Chinese and Western scholarship to provide new insights into its unique features and assess where the law is innovative and where it is stagnant and unresponsive. Finally, the authors explore the various legal and extra-legal techniques successive Chinese governments have adopted to enforce employment law and the responses of firms, workers and organizations to these practices"--

"China's economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several hundred thousand disputes break out over working conditions, many of them violent, and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law, and other forms of regulation, to govern working conditions and combat labour disputes"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.