05175nam 2200745Ia 450 991045731710332120200520144314.00-8014-6293-210.7591/9780801462931(CKB)2550000000051118(EBL)3138239(OCoLC)922997950(SSID)ssj0000529839(PQKBManifestationID)11337996(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529839(PQKBWorkID)10560750(PQKB)10420842(StDuBDS)EDZ0001499150(MiAaPQ)EBC3138239(OCoLC)752263477(MdBmJHUP)muse28838(DE-B1597)478450(OCoLC)979747747(DE-B1597)9780801462931(Au-PeEL)EBL3138239(CaPaEBR)ebr10491827(CaONFJC)MIL768208(EXLCZ)99255000000005111820110218d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom iron rice bowl to informalization[electronic resource] markets, workers, and the state in a changing China /[edited by] Sarosh Kuruvilla, Ching Kwan Lee, and Mary E. GallagherIthaca ILR Press20111 online resource (241 p.)Frank W. Pierce Memorial Lectureship and Conference Series ;14Description based upon print version of record.0-8014-5024-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction and Argument -- Part I. Informalization and the State -- 2. The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market / Park, Albert / Cai, Fang -- 3. Legislating Harmony: Labor Law Reform in Contemporary China / Gallagher, Mary E. / Dong, Baohua -- 4. Social Policy and Public Opinion in an Age of Insecurity / Frazier, Mark W. -- Part II. Transformation of Employment Relations in Industries -- 5. Enterprise Reform and Wage Movements in Chinese Oil Fields and Refineries / Lin, Kun-Chin -- 6. The Paradox of Labor Force Dualism and State-Labor-Capital Relations in the Chinese Automobile Industry / Zhang, Lu -- 7. Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry / Swider, Sarah -- Part III. Unions, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Workers -- 8. "Where There Are Workers, There Should Be Trade Unions": Union Organizing in the Era of Growing Informal Employment / Liu, Mingwei -- 9. The Anti-Solidarity Machine?: Labor Nongovernmental Organizations in China / Lee, Ching Kwan / Shen, Yuan -- 10. Conclusion / Gallagher, Mary E. / Kuruvilla, Sarosh / Lee, Ching Kwan -- Notes -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- IndexIn the thirty years since the opening of China's economy, China's economic growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. At the same time, however, its employment relations system has undergone a gradual but fundamental transformation from stable and permanent employment with good benefits (often called the iron rice bowl), to a system characterized by highly precarious employment with no benefits for about 40 percent of the population. Similar transitions have occurred in other countries, such as Korea, although perhaps not at such a rapid pace as in China. This shift echoes the move from "breadwinning" careers to contingent employment in the postindustrial United States.In From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization, an interdisciplinary group of authors examines the nature, causes, and consequences of informal employment in China at a time of major changes in Chinese society. This book provides a guide to the evolving dynamics among workers, unions, NGOs, employers, and the state as they deal with the new landscape of insecure employment.Contributors: Fang Cai, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Baohua Dong, East China University of Politics and Law; Mark W. Frazier, University of Oklahoma; Mary E. Gallagher, University of Michigan; Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University; Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA; Kun-Chin Lin, King's College, London; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Albert Park, University of Oxford; Yuan Shen, Tsinghua University; Sarah Swider, Wayne State University; Lu Zhang, Temple UniversityFrank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series ;no. 14.Industrial relationsChinaLabor policyChinaLabor marketChinaInformal sector (Economics)ChinaElectronic books.Industrial relationsLabor policyLabor marketInformal sector (Economics)331.10951Kuruvilla Sarosh1049251Lee Ching Kwan689496Gallagher Mary Elizabeth1969-499316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457317103321From iron rice bowl to informalization2478094UNINA$27.9707/24/2015Bus