Looking for work in post-socialist China
Subtitle: governance, active job seekers and the new Chinese labour market
By: Feng Xu
Series: Routledge contemporary China series -- 77; Routledge contemporary China series -- 77.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780415559683; 9780203147184
Subjects: Labor market; Job hunting; Manpower policy; Unemployment; Labor laws and legislation
Description: "This book examines China's attempt to institutionalize, professionalize and humanize its approach to governance, drawing heavily on international norms and standards in employment regulation. It discusses the ways in which the government combines the new techniques with old campaign-style policy techniques, which not only makes the state's power visible, but also allows it to claim credit for managing unemployment."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unemployment and "harmonious society"; title: Creating a labor market and the making of the unemployed; title: Laws as governing techniques; title: Public employment services; title: Urban community organizations and employment assistance; title: University career guidance centers; title: Temporary staffing agencies.