Labour in China: Post-Socialist Transformation
Pun Ngai
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Paperback. Long known as the world s factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success. But who are China's workers who keep the machine running, and how is the labor process changing under economic reform? Pun Ngai, a leading expert in factory labor in China, charts the rise of China as a world workshop and the emergence of a new labor force in the context of the post-socialist transformations of the last ... Read more
Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is also, of course, home to the largest workforce on the planet, the crucial element behind its staggering economic success. But who are China's workers who keep the machine running, and how is the labor process changing under economic reform? Pun Ngai, a leading expert in factory labor in China, charts the rise of China as a world workshop and the emergence of a new labor force in the context of the post-socialist transformations of the last ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
China Today
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745671758
SKU
V9780745671758
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Pun Ngai
Pun Ngai is Associate Professor and Director of the China Research and Development Network at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Reviews for Labour in China: Post-Socialist Transformation
This book lucidly exposes the underside of the Chinese economic miracle, revealing the plight of the migrant laborers who are part of the world's largest working class. Drawing on rich ethnographic data as well as careful political and economic analysis, Pun Ngai examines the conditions these workers face daily both on the job and in the dormitories. She also documents ... Read more