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

• Autore: Hong Yu <1978->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (580 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/330951
• Soggetto topico: Social classes - China; Division of labor - China; Information technology - Social aspects - China
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Labor, class formation, and China's informationized policy of economic development
• ISBN: 1-283-05680-1; 9786613056801; 0-7391-3728-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789605603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II