Migrant Labor in China

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7174-1
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

Reihe: China Today

Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success. But who are China's workers who keep the machine running, and how is the labor process changing under economic reform?

Pun Ngai, a leading expert in factory labor in China, charts the rise of China as a "world workshop" and the emergence of a new labor force in the context of the post-socialist transformations of the last three decades. The book analyzes the role of the state and transnational interests in creating a new migrant workforce deprived of many rights and social protection. As China increases its output of high-value, high-tech products, particularly for its own growing domestic market of middle-class consumers, workers are increasingly voicing their discontent through strikes and protest, creating new challenges for the Party-State and the global division of labor.

Blending theory, politics, and real-world examples, this book will be an invaluable guide for upper-level students and non-specialists interested in China's economy and Chinese politics and society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ngai, Pun

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Beschäftigung, Arbeitslosigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* Map
* Chronology
* Acknowledgements
* 1. China and its Labor in the Neoliberal World
* 2. Capital Meets State: Re-emergence of the Labor Market and Changing Labor Relations
* 3. Building China: Struggle of Construction Workers
* 4. Making and Unmaking of the New Chinese Working Class
* 5. Spatial Politics: Production and Social Production of the Dormitory Labor Regime
* 6. Monopoly Capital in China: Foxconn Experience and Chinese Workers
* 7. Radicalization and Collective Action of the New Chinese Working Class
* References

Über Autor(innen)

Pun Ngai is Associate Professor and Director of the China Research and Development Network at Hong Kong Polytechnic University