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Book SynopsisOver the past seven decades—since the 1949 Revolution—every aspect of Chinese society has been profoundly transformed multiple times. No sector has experienced more tumultuous twists and turns than industry. The eight articles contained in this volume examine these twists and turns, focusing on those aspects of industrial relations that involve contention and power, that is, factory politics. They were selected among articles that have appeared in the Chinese journal Open Times (开放时代) over the past decade. Because Open Times has a well-earned reputation for publishing diverse viewpoints, it has been able to attract some of the very best scholarship in China.
Trade Review"[Factory Politics in China] is fluidly translated and it fills important gaps in existing research. It applies concepts developed by theorists in China and abroad to developments in the “workshop of the world”—and then quietly tweaks those same theories. It alters our understanding of the country’s labour history in significant ways, e.g., by raising the status of the Great Leap Forward and its immediate aftermath and lowering that of the Cultural Revolution and early Reform Era. But most importantly, it introduces a thoughtful, creative, and committed group of scholars who should be followed closely by anyone concerned with social justice and worker power in China or elsewhere." -Manfred Elfstrom, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna in Pacific Affairs: Vol. 94, No. 3 (Sept. 2021)
Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction 1 From Passion to Deception – Daily Life at the Grassroots under State Control of Production before and after the Great Leap Forward: an Investigation of TY Factory in Guangzhou (1956–1965) Jia Wenjuan (贾文娟) Translated by Shayan Momin 2 Research into the Implementation of the Staff and Workers Congress System in State-Owned Enterprises: a 60-Year Case Study of One Factory Cai He (蔡禾) and Li Wanlian (李晚莲) Translated by Roderick Graham Flagg 3 A Simple Control Model Analysis of Labor Relations in Industrial SOEs Tong Xin (佟新) Translated by Roderick Graham Flagg 4 Changes in Production Models within State-Owned Enterprises under the “Double Transformations:” the Rise of Internal Labor Subcontracting in City A’s Nanchang Factory (2001–2013) Jia Wenjuan (贾文娟) Translated by Shayan Momin 5 Sustaining Production: Spatial Interactions between Han and Uyghur Workers at the Kashgar Cotton Mill Liu Ming (刘明) Translated by Heather Mowbray 6 Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Toy Industry’s Supply Chain: an Empirical Study of Walmart Supplier Factories in China Yu Xiaomin (余晓敏) Translated by Shayan Momin 7 Direct Labor Union Elections: Lessons from Guangdong Wen Xiaoyi (闻效仪) Translated by Matthew A. Hale 8 Patterns of Collective Resistance among the New Generation of Chinese Migrant Workers: from the Politics of Production to the Politics of Life Wang Jianhua (汪建华) and Meng Quan (孟泉) Translated by Matthew A. Hale
