Trade Unions in China: The Challenge of Labour Unrest

Author:   Tim Pringle
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   65
ISBN:  

9780415559584


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 March 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Tim Pringle
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   65
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780415559584


ISBN 10:   0415559588
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   09 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Tables, Charts and Graphs. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Industrial Relations in the People’s Republic of China 3. Labour Unrest in the State Sector: The Rise and Demise of Decent Work with Chinese – and some Russian – Characteristics 4. From Victims to Subjects: The Long March of Migrant Labour 5. Experimental Pragmatism I: Collective Consultation in Xinhe Town 6. Experimental Pragmatism II: Trade Union Rights Centre in Yiwu 7. Trade Union Elections: From Dependency to Democracy? 8. Conclusion

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Tim Pringle's new book, based on his doctoral thesis at Warwick University, attempts to come to terms with the above rich set of historical and contemporary developments, whether economic, political or sociological. It achieves this in seven substantive chapters... Pringle's empirical study [is] one of the best to emerge in recent years. - Malcolm Warner, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge; Asia Pacific Business Review, 2011


"""Tim Pringle’s new book, based on his doctoral thesis at Warwick University, attempts to come to terms with the above rich set of historical and contemporary developments, whether economic, political or sociological. It achieves this in seven substantive chapters... Pringle’s empirical study [is] one of the best to emerge in recent years."" - Malcolm Warner, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge; Asia Pacific Business Review, 2011"


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Tim Pringle has been researching labour relations in Asia since 1996 with particular attention to China. He has lived in China and Hong Kong for twelve years, and his previous publications include The All China Federation of Trade Unions: the Challenge of Labour Unrest (also published by Routledge) and The Challenge of Transition: Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam.

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