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Book SynopsisIn From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization, an interdisciplinary group of authors examines the nature, causes, and consequences of informal employment in China at a time of major changes in Chinese society.
Trade ReviewKuruvilla et al. chart the journey from employment security—known as the 'iron rice bowl' in colloquial Chinese—to informalization in 10 chapters. This sad tale is standard fare in the global labour studies literature, but the underlying arguments in this book are more nuanced and at times controversial.... This book... [is a] valuable addition to the Chinese labour relations canon. Kuruvilla et. al. point the way to further research opportunities....
-- Tim Pringle * British Journal of Industrial Relations *
Table of Contents1. Introduction and Argument
Mary E. Gallagher, Ching Kwan Lee, and Sarosh KuruvillaPart I: Informalization and the State2. The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market
Albert Park and Fang Cai3. Legislating Harmony: Labor Law Reform in Contemporary China
Mary E. Gallagher and Baohua Dong4. Social Policy and Public Opinion in an Age of Insecurity
Mark W. FrazierPart II: Transformation of Employment Relations in Industries5. Enterprise Reform and Wage Movements in Chinese Oil Fields and Refineries
Kun-Chin Lin6. The Paradox of Labor Force Dualism and State-Labor-Capital Relations in the Chinese Automobile Industry
Lu Zhang7. Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry
Sarah SwiderPart III: Unions, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Workers8. "Where There Are Workers, There Should Be Trade Unions": Union Organizing in the Era of Growing Informal Employment
Mingwei Liu9. The Anti-Solidarity Machine?: Labor Nongovernmental Organizations in China
Ching Kwan Lee and Yuan Shen10. Conclusion
Mary E. Gallagher, Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Ching Kwan LeeNotes
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
