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From Family to Market
Fei-Ling Wang
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Description for From Family to Market
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBL; JPA; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
This book analyzes Chinese history, politics, and economic development through the lens of labor allocation within the world's largest workforce. Capturing the peculiarities, continuities, and changes in the PRC's institutional structure, Fei-Ling Wang examines the segmented nature of China's labor force today. He points to the rare coexistence of four 'labor allocation patterns:' the traditional family-based system, authoritarian state allocation, community-based labor markets, and the emerging national labor market. China's enduringly stable yet backward institutional structure was based firmly on a mix of family and state institutions; now the addition of market forces highlights the PRC's transitional state. Bolstered with ... Read more
This book analyzes Chinese history, politics, and economic development through the lens of labor allocation within the world's largest workforce. Capturing the peculiarities, continuities, and changes in the PRC's institutional structure, Fei-Ling Wang examines the segmented nature of China's labor force today. He points to the rare coexistence of four 'labor allocation patterns:' the traditional family-based system, authoritarian state allocation, community-based labor markets, and the emerging national labor market. China's enduringly stable yet backward institutional structure was based firmly on a mix of family and state institutions; now the addition of market forces highlights the PRC's transitional state. Bolstered with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847688807
SKU
V9780847688807
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99-15
About Fei-Ling Wang
Fei-Ling Wang is assistant professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Reviews for From Family to Market
Wang describes patterns of labour in great detail. ..the descriptions of community -based labour allocation are interesting.. A focus of attention on labour alloction patterns may be useful in understanding China's political and economic institutions.
Yanjie Bian, University of Minnesota
The China Journal, January 2000
Wang describes patterns of labour ... Read more
Yanjie Bian, University of Minnesota
The China Journal, January 2000
Wang describes patterns of labour ... Read more