LEADER 03953nam 22005415 450 001 9910154633603321 005 20230814232420.0 010 $a0-674-97332-1 010 $a0-674-97329-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674973299 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971626 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4771936 035 $a(DE-B1597)487725 035 $a(OCoLC)1054879159 035 $a(OCoLC)966446332 035 $a(OCoLC)999354517 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674973299 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971626 100 $a20180924d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA new deal for China's workers? /$fCynthia Estlund 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (302 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-674-97139-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Introduction --$t2. The Rise of China, and of Labor Protest, in the Reform Era --$t3. Who Speaks for China's Workers? The ACFTU and Labor NGOs --$t4. How Did the New Deal Resolve the American "Labor Question"? Bringing a Comparative Lens into Focus --$t5. Can China Regulate Its Way out of Labor Unrest? Rising Labor Standards and the Enforcement Gap --$t6. Can China Secure Labor Peace without Independent Unions? Strikes and Collective Bargaining with Chinese Characteristics --$t7. What Does Democracy Look Like in China? Reforming Grassroots Union Elections --$t8. Will Workers Have a Voice in the "Socialist Market Economy"? The Curious Revival of the Worker Congress System --$t9. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aChina's labor landscape is changing, and it is transforming the global economy in ways that we cannot afford to ignore. Once-silent workers have found their voice, organizing momentous protests, such as the 2010 Honda strikes, and demanding a better deal. China's leaders have responded not only with repression but with reforms. Are China's workers on the verge of a breakthrough in industrial relations and labor law reminiscent of the American New Deal? In A New Deal for China's Workers? Cynthia Estlund views this changing landscape through the comparative lens of America's twentieth-century experience with industrial unrest. China's leaders hope to replicate the widely shared prosperity, political legitimacy, and stability that flowed from America's New Deal, but they are irrevocably opposed to the independent trade unions and mass mobilization that were central to bringing it about. Estlund argues that the specter of an independent labor movement, seen as an existential threat to China's one-party regime, is both driving and constraining every facet of its response to restless workers. China's leaders draw on an increasingly sophisticated toolkit in their effort to contain worker activism. The result is a surprising mix of repression and concession, confrontation and cooptation, flaws and functionality, rigidity and pragmatism. If China's laborers achieve a New Deal, it will be a New Deal with Chinese characteristics, very unlike what workers in the West achieved in the last century. Estlund's sharp observations and crisp comparative analysis make China's labor unrest and reform legible to Western readers. 606 $aIndustrial relations$zChina 606 $aLabor policy$zChina 606 $aLabor unions$zChina 606 $aComparative industrial relations 615 0$aIndustrial relations 615 0$aLabor policy 615 0$aLabor unions 615 0$aComparative industrial relations. 676 $a331.0951 700 $aEstlund$b Cynthia$01220784 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154633603321 996 $aA new deal for China's workers$92827796 997 $aUNINA