China's new underclass
Subtitle: paid domestic labour
By: Xinying Hu
Series: Routledge contemporary China series -- v. 73
Publisher: New York; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780415617659
Subjects: Economic conditions; Women household employees
Description: Despite economic development in China in the last 30 years producing a domestic service industry, domestic workers are in a very precarious situation in terms of working and living conditions. This book looks at China's economic transition from a socialist, centrally planned economy to a market-oriented economy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-180) and index.