The Chinese Worker after Socialism

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Illustrations......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
Analytical approach......Page 16
Sources and methods......Page 20
Employment......Page 23
Lay-offs......Page 24
Labor relations......Page 25
Overview......Page 26
Lay-offs and regions in China......Page 28
Historical legacies and the roots of regional political economy......Page 32
Dimensions of contemporary regional political economy......Page 38
Cities as units of observation......Page 43
Shanghai......Page 44
Chongqing......Page 45
Datong......Page 46
The provincial capitals hypothesis......Page 47
Conclusion......Page 48
Introduction......Page 49
Firms, markets, and lay-offs......Page 50
The 1980s......Page 52
1990–1997......Page 56
1997 and beyond......Page 61
Job losses through \"firm exit\"......Page 65
Job losses by bureaucratic fiat......Page 67
The political economy of China\'s post-socialist transition......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 71
Introduction......Page 72
Urban Chinese unemployment and state responses......Page 75
Chronology of welfare reform since 1985......Page 77
Enterprise-based policies......Page 79
Impacts of xiagang and RSC policies on laid-off workers in my case study cities......Page 82
State-based policies......Page 86
Enterprise initiatives......Page 89
Local government initiatives......Page 93
Conclusion: remaking or unmaking the Chinese welfare state?......Page 95
Introduction......Page 98
Why laid-off workers did not succeed in the private sector labor market......Page 100
Self-employment as an avenue for re-employment......Page 105
Pathways to self-employment for laid-off workers......Page 107
Turning political status into economic capital......Page 113
Macro and comparative implications......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 118
Introduction......Page 120
Grievances and claims......Page 122
Frames......Page 127
Mobilizing structures......Page 132
Political opportunity and local state response......Page 134
The bargaining response......Page 135
The signaling response......Page 137
The \"do nothing\" response......Page 138
Targets and Tactics......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 142
Introduction......Page 145
From work unit to community?......Page 147
Toward a prosperous and harmonious society......Page 150
Whither the Chinese working class?......Page 151
Generalizing the arguments beyond China......Page 152
Conclusion......Page 156
BENXI INTERVIEWEES (NOVEMBER 2000 AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2001)......Page 157
CHONGQING INTERVIEWEES (OCTOBER 2001 AND MARCH 2002)......Page 159
DATONG INTERVIEWEES (DECEMBER 2000 AND JULY 2002)......Page 160
HARBIN INTERVIEWEES (JANUARY 2002)......Page 161
SHANGHAI INTERVIEWEES (JULY 2000, OCTOBER 2000, AND APRIL/MAY 2002)......Page 162
ZHENGZHOU INTERVIEWEES (JUNE 2002)......Page 164
SPECIAL CATEGORIES......Page 165
Bibliography......Page 166
Index......Page 204