Atomized incorporation : Chinese workers and the aftermath of China's rise /
Atomized Incorporation examines why the Chinese regime selectively tolerates workers' collective action within single factories and what this means for the country's long-term political resilience. It investigates the implications of state-labor relations in contemporary China and suggests...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Cambridge University Press,
2023
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : 2023 |
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| Summary: | Atomized Incorporation examines why the Chinese regime selectively tolerates workers' collective action within single factories and what this means for the country's long-term political resilience. It investigates the implications of state-labor relations in contemporary China and suggests that it has evolved away from overt coercion to limited incorporation. Based on two years of in-depth fieldwork, Rho uncovers how ordinary workers think, believe, and behave in this changing socio-political environment. She demonstrates that labor grievances have become more politicized and finds that the current approach to economic grievance resolutions demobilizes the emergence of labor movements by rewarding those with collective action resources within individual workplaces. Rho argues that though this limited state of incorporation allows workers to express discontent at wages and working conditions, it also denies them the opportunity to make claims about structural problems and does not effectively enhance political loyalty in the long run "This book investigates why Chinese factory workers might not be politically satisfied, but nevertheless engages only in economic protests. It examines collective action dynamics on the ground from workers' perspectives and shows that the lack of political activism is not a product of political satisfaction"-- |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jun 2023) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ( xii, 263 pages) : 1 online resource ( xii, 263 pages) 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) 1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009161180 9781009161183 (ebook) 9781009161183 |
| Access: | Cambridge Multi-User Restricted for use by site license. |