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Some Assembly Required: Work, Community, and Politics in China’s Rural Enterprises
Calvin Chen
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Description for Some Assembly Required: Work, Community, and Politics in China’s Rural Enterprises
Hardback. One linchpin of China's expansion has been township and village enterprises (TVEs), a vast group of firms with diverse modes of ownership and structure. This book explores the emergence and success of rural enterprises. It also examines how ordinary rural residents have made sense of and participated in the industrialization engulfing them. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KN; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
One linchpin of China’s expansion has been township and village enterprises (TVEs), a vast group of firms with diverse modes of ownership and structure. Based on the author’s fieldwork in Zhejiang, this book explores the emergence and success of rural enterprises.
This study also examines how ordinary rural residents have made sense of and participated in the industrialization engulfing them in recent decades. How much does TVE success depend on the ruthless exploitation of workers? How did peasants-turned-workers develop such impressive skills so quickly? To what extent do employees’ values affect the cohesion and operations of companies? And how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674027831
SKU
V9780674027831
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About Calvin Chen
Calvin Chen is Luce Associate Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College.
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