LEADER 04550nam 22006135 450 001 9910645890103321 005 20240410213750.0 010 $a3-031-20455-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-20455-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7184209 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7184209 035 $a(CKB)26027675900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-20455-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926027675900041 100 $a20230119d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Political Economy of Reforms and the Remaking of the Proletarian Class in China, 1980s?2010s $eDemystifying China's Society and Social Classes in the Post-Mao Era /$fby Shan Shanne Huang 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (284 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Economic History,$x2662-6500 311 08$aPrint version: Huang, Shan (Shanne) The Political Economy of Reforms and the Remaking of the Proletarian Class in China, 1980s-2010s Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031204548 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Theories and Methodology Applied -- 3. The Case of E Group Corporation ? An SOE in Sichuan, post-1949 -- 4. Workers? Returning to a Proletarian Position in post-1978 -- 5. Nostalgia? and ?Protests?: Class Consciousness and Class-for-itself -- 6. Reconstruction of Classes and Class Society in China 7. Final Conclusions -- 8. Appendices. 330 $aThis path-breaking book unveils the true colour of China?s dominant socio-economic structure today. The author?s unique case study convincingly demonstrates the propeller behind China?s recent ?miracle growth?. With this book, a new line of investigation can be expected to better understand post-Mao China. - Professor Kent Deng, London School of Economics, UK Shan Huang's study uses unique, in depth field research of the lives of workers in a state enterprise and their perception of their changed economic and political status over the era of the economic reforms since the 1980s. This work is based on intimate engagement with a specific case study, offering new insights into the development of modern China. - Professor Kerry Brown, King?s College London, UK This book comprehensively investigates the position of China?s working class between the 1980s and 2010s. It argues the case that, far from the illusion during the Maoist period that a new society had been established where the working classes held greater political and economic autonomy, economic reforms in the post-Mao era have led to the return of traditional Marxist proletariats in China. The book demonstrates how the reforms of Deng Xiaoping have led to increased economic efficiency at the expense of economic equality through an extensive case study of an SOE (state-owned enterprise) in Sichuan Province as well as wider discussions of the emergence of state capitalism on both a micro and macroeconomic level. The book also discusses workers? protests during these periods of economic reform to reflect the reformation of class consciousness in post-Mao China, drawing on Marx?s concept of a transition from a ?class-in-itself' to a ?class-for-itself?. Shan Huang is a Fellow at the United Nations Development Programme in New York and a PhD candidate at King's College London, focusing on the political economy of China and Chinese economic and social history. . 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Economic History,$x2662-6500 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aEconomics 606 $aMarxian school of sociology 606 $aEconomic History 606 $aHistory of China 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 606 $aMarxist Sociology 607 $aChina$xHistory 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aMarxian school of sociology. 615 14$aEconomic History. 615 24$aHistory of China. 615 24$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 615 24$aMarxist Sociology. 676 $a322.20951 676 $a338.951009045 700 $aHuang$b Shan$01354459 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910645890103321 996 $aThe Political Economy of Reforms and the Remaking of the Proletarian Class in China, 1980s?2010s$93330375 997 $aUNINA