{"product_id":"from-iron-rice-bowl-to-informalization-9780801450242","title":"From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKuruvilla \u003ci\u003eet al\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eet. al\u003c\/i\u003e. point the way to further research opportunities....\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tim Pringle * British Journal of Industrial Relations *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction and Argument\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary E. Gallagher, Ching Kwan Lee, and Sarosh Kuruvilla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Informalization and the State\u003c\/b\u003e2. The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlbert Park and Fang Cai\u003c\/i\u003e3. Legislating Harmony: Labor Law Reform in Contemporary China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary E. Gallagher and Baohua Dong\u003c\/i\u003e4. Social Policy and Public Opinion in an Age of Insecurity\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark W. Frazier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Transformation of Employment Relations in Industries\u003c\/b\u003e5. Enterprise Reform and Wage Movements in Chinese Oil Fields and Refineries\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKun-Chin Lin\u003c\/i\u003e6. The Paradox of Labor Force Dualism and State-Labor-Capital Relations in the Chinese Automobile Industry\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLu Zhang\u003c\/i\u003e7. Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Swider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Unions, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Workers\u003c\/b\u003e8. \"Where There Are Workers, There Should Be Trade Unions\": Union Organizing in the Era of Growing Informal Employment\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMingwei Liu\u003c\/i\u003e9. The Anti-Solidarity Machine?: Labor Nongovernmental Organizations in China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChing Kwan Lee and Yuan Shen\u003c\/i\u003e10. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary E. Gallagher, Sarosh Kuruvilla, and Ching Kwan Lee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405135946071,"sku":"9780801450242","price":36.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801450242.jpg?v=1730488836","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-iron-rice-bowl-to-informalization-9780801450242","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}