{"product_id":"chinese-workers-in-comparative-perspective-hardback-9780801453496","title":"Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective (Hardback) 9780801453496","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChinese Workers in Comparative Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnita Chan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801453496\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 May 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 12 tables, 9 charts - 12 Tables, unspecified\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost academic research about the working conditions of Chinese factory workers has been focused on China itself, with little or no reference and comparison to workers and working conditions in other countries. However, this new book edited by Chan (China Research Center, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, Australia) attempts to convince readers that China is not exceptional and that it is critical to use a comparative perspective as an analytical tool to explain Chinas labor conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e - R.M. Ramazani (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the \"world's factory\" China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. \u003c\/b\u003eMany nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to contend with rapid changes in industrial relations. Anita Chan argues that Chinese labor is too often viewed from a prism of exceptionalism and too rarely examined comparatively, even though valuable insights can be derived by analyzing China's workforce and labor relations side by side with the systems of other nations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eChinese Workers in Comparative Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e compare labor issues in China with those in the United States, Australia, Japan, India, Pakistan, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, and Taiwan. They also draw contrasts among different types of workplaces within China. The chapters address labor regimes and standards, describe efforts to reshape industrial relations to improve the circumstances of workers, and compare historical and structural developments in China and other industrial relations systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Fallacy of Chinese Exceptionalism\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Anita Chan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Historical and Structural Developments\u003c\/b\u003e1. Exporting Corporatism? German and Japanese Transnationals' Regimes of Production in China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Boy Lüthje\u003c\/i\u003e2. Globalization and Labor in China and the United States: Convergence and Divergence\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Mingwei Liu, Frederick Scott Bentley, Mary Huong Thi Evans, and Susan J. Schurman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Labor Standards\u003c\/b\u003e3. Recomposing Chinese Migrant and State-Sector Workers\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Kevin Lin\u003c\/i\u003e4. Industrial Upgrading and Work: The Impact of Industrial Transformation on Labor in Guangdong's Garment and IT Industries\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Florian Butollo\u003c\/i\u003e5. The Working and Living Conditions of Garment Workers in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Study\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Kaxton Siu\u003c\/i\u003e6. Race to the Bottom: The Soccer Ball Industry in China, Pakistan, and India\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Anita Chan, Hong Xue, Peter Lund-Thomsen, Khalid Nadvi, and Navjote Khara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the Right to Strike\u003c\/b\u003e7. Labor NGOs under State Corporatism: Comparing China since the 1990s with Taiwan in the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Chris King-chi Chan and Yu-bin Chiu\u003c\/i\u003e8. One Step Forward: Collective Bargaining Experiments in Vietnam and China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Katie Quan\u003c\/i\u003e9. Creating a Right to Strike in China: Some Lessons from the Australian Experience\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Thomas Nice and Sean Cooney\u003c\/i\u003e10. Trade Union Reform in Russia and China: Harmony, Partnership, and Power from Below\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Tim Pringle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ILR Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541787177240,"sku":"9780801453496","price":64.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chinese-workers-in-comparative-perspective-hardback-9780801453496","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}