{"product_id":"from-iron-rice-bowl-to-informalization-markets-workers-and-the-state-in-a-changing-china-hardback-9780801450242","title":"From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization; Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China (Hardback) 9780801450242","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMarkets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarosh Kuruvilla (Edited by), Ching Kwan Lee (Edited by), Mary E. Gallagher (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801450242\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.1 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\u003eKuruvilla \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e. chart the journey from employment security—known as the 'iron rice bowl' in colloquial Chinese—to informalization in 10 chapters. This sad tale is standard fare in the global labour studies literature, but the underlying arguments in this book are more nuanced and at times controversial.... This book... [is a] valuable addition to the Chinese labour relations canon. Kuruvilla \u003ci\u003eet. al\u003c\/i\u003e. point the way to further research opportunities....\u003c\/p\u003e - Tim Pringle (British Journal of Industrial Relations)\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\u003eIn the thirty years since the opening of China's economy, China's economic growth has been nothing short of phenomenal.\u003c\/b\u003e At the same time, however, its employment relations system has undergone a gradual but fundamental transformation from stable and permanent employment with good benefits (often called the iron rice bowl), to a system characterized by highly precarious employment with no benefits for about 40 percent of the population. Similar transitions have occurred in other countries, such as Korea, although perhaps not at such a rapid pace as in China. This shift echoes the move from \"breadwinning\" careers to contingent employment in the postindustrial United States. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization, an interdisciplinary group of authors examines the nature, causes, and consequences of informal employment in China at a time of major changes in Chinese society. This book provides a guide to the evolving dynamics among workers, unions, NGOs, employers, and the state as they deal with the new landscape of insecure employment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction and Argument\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary E. Gallagher, Ching Kwan Lee, and Sarosh Kuruvilla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Informalization and the State\u003c\/b\u003e2. The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlbert Park and Fang Cai\u003c\/i\u003e3. Legislating Harmony: Labor Law Reform in Contemporary China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary E. Gallagher and Baohua Dong\u003c\/i\u003e4. Social Policy and Public Opinion in an Age of Insecurity\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark W. Frazier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Transformation of Employment Relations in Industries\u003c\/b\u003e5. Enterprise Reform and Wage Movements in Chinese Oil Fields and Refineries\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKun-Chin Lin\u003c\/i\u003e6. The Paradox of Labor Force Dualism and State-Labor-Capital Relations in the Chinese Automobile Industry\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLu Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e7. Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Swider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Unions, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Workers\u003c\/b\u003e8. \"Where There Are Workers, There Should Be Trade Unions\": Union Organizing in the Era of Growing Informal Employment\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMingwei Liu\u003c\/i\u003e9. The Anti-Solidarity Machine?: Labor Nongovernmental Organizations in China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChing Kwan Lee and Yuan Shen\u003c\/i\u003e10. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary E. Gallagher, Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Ching Kwan Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Notes on 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":52541695852824,"sku":"9780801450242","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-iron-rice-bowl-to-informalization-markets-workers-and-the-state-in-a-changing-china-hardback-9780801450242","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}