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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814471903321

Autore

Hong Yu <1978->

Titolo

Labor, class formation, and China's informationized policy of economic development / / Yu Hong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-05680-1

9786613056801

0-7391-3728-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (580 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/330951

Soggetti

Social classes - China

Division of labor - China

Information technology - Social aspects - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Political economy of Chinese ICT development in the globalization era -- The composition of ICT workforces and its indications of China's developmental strategy -- Procurement, management, and discipline -- Practices and identities of migrant workers : between lived experiences and past memories -- Will Chinese ICT workers unite? : new signs of change in the aftermanth of the global economic crisis -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In Labor, Class Formation, and China's Informationized Policy of Economic Development, Yu Hong examines crucial connections between the evolving political economy of information and communications technology (ICT) and the reconstitution of class relations in China. Situating China's ICT development over the last thirty years at the intersection of transnational trends, domestic policies, and institutional arrangements, Hong shows how evolving class relations in the ICT sector are shaped by and shaping the transnational capitalist dynamics and domestic socio-economic transformations.