State and Laid Off Workers in Reform China The Silence and Collective Action of the Retrenched 1st Edition by Yongshun Cai 041536888X 9780415368889

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ISBN 10: 041536888X

ISBN 13: 9780415368889

Author: Yongshun Cai

In the 1990s, the Chinese government launched an unprecedented reform of state enterprises, putting tens of millions of people out of work. This empirically rich study calls on comprehensive surveys and interviews, combining quantitative data with qualitative in its examination of the variation in workers’ collective action. Cai investigates the difference in interests of and options available to workers that reduce their solidarity, as well as the obstacles that prevent their coordination. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, this book explores the Chinese Government’s policies and how their feedback shaped workers’ incentives and capacity of action.

State and Laid Off Workers in Reform China The Silence and Collective Action of the Retrenched 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction

Dismantling of moral arrangements and motivations for resistance

Reform and resistance: a dual interaction

Notes on the definition of laid-off workers and data collection

Structure of the book

2 The ending of a socialist contract and retrenchment

Budget constraints and the end of the socialist contract

The government’s redress measures and limitations

Impact of layoffs

Conclusion

3 Retrenchment and laid-off workers’ responses

Laid-off workers’ responses

Statistical analyses of workers’ responses

Conclusion

4 Fragmentation and collective action

Fragmentation and the difficulty of collective action

A means to the end: individual action

Alternatives and nonparticipation

Conclusion

5 Management and worker silence

Dominance of management

Workers’ ex ante resistance

Management and workers’ ex post resistance

Constraints and management tactics

Management as a helpless patron

Conclusion

6 The government and the prevention of worker resistance

Targeting the government

Belief and reaction of the government

Capacity, constraints, and government policies

Conclusion

7 The collective action of Chinese laid-off workers

Constraints on the government

Mobilization and collective action

Scenarios for collective action

Scale of resistance and reform

Conclusion

8 Conclusion

Shared interests and the potential of collective action

Coordination and collective action

Government and reform policies

Flexibility of the Chinese political system

Evolution toward more institutionalized state–society interaction

Appendix: data collection

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