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9780520250970

Against the Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520250970

  • ISBN10:

    0520250974

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-06-04
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

This study opens a critical perspective on the slow death of socialism and the rebirth of capitalism in the world's most dynamic and populous country. Based on remarkable fieldwork and extensive interviews in Chinese textile, apparel, machinery, and household appliance factories,Against the Lawfinds a rising tide of labor unrest mostly hidden from the world's attention. Providing a broad political and economic analysis of this labor struggle together with fine-grained ethnographic detail, the book portrays the Chinese working class as workers' stories unfold in bankrupt state factories and global sweatshops, in crowded dormitories and remote villages, at street protests as well as in quiet disenchantment with the corrupt officialdom and the fledgling legal system.

Author Biography

Ching Kwan Lee is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Decentralized Legal Authoritarianism
Chinese Workers' Contentious Transition from State Socialismp. 3
Stalled Reform: Between Social Contract and Legal Contractp. 34
Rustbelt: Protests of Desperation
The Unmaking of Mao's Working Class in the Rustbeltp. 69
Life after Danwei: Surviving Enterprise Collapsep. 123
Sunbelt: Protests Against Discrimination
The Making of New Labor in the Sunbeltp. 157
Dagong as a Way of Lifep. 204
Conclusion
Chinese Labor Politics in Comparative Perspectivep. 235
Methodological Appendix: Fieldwork in Two Provincesp. 263
Notesp. 267
Bibliographyp. 297
Indexp. 315
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