Labor activists and the new working class in China : strike leaders' struggles

Author(s)

• Leung, Parry P.

Bibliographic Information

Labor activists and the new working class in China : strike leaders' struggles

Parry P. Leung

（Social movements and transformation）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-196) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This project provides an in-depth study of the role of worker-activist leaders in industrial strikes in China, a country where labor rights face significant challenges from state and industry suppression and by current lack of formal organization.

Table of Contents

1. Understanding Labor Activism in China 2. The Macro-Setting: The New Working Class Under the Chinese State Capitalism 3. The Micro-Setting: Strikes of Jewelry Workers in PRD 4. Organizing Mechanism of the Strikes 5. Leading Strikes in China: The Critical Role of the Labor Activists 6. The 'Citizen Strike': Sustaining the Organizing Core 7. Conclusion: The Way Towards An Organized Labor Movement

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Details

• NCID: BB21019471
• ISBN:
  • 9781137483492
• LCCN: 2014041089
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, NY
• Pages/Volumes: x, 199 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD8734
  • DC23 : 331.880951
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Labor movement -- China
  • LCSH : Labor unions -- China
  • LCSH : Working class -- China
  • LCSH : Strikes and lockouts -- China
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB05425697