Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: Regimes of Production and Industrial Relations in China

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Boy Luthje Siqi Luo

Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl

Regimes of Production and Industrial Relations in China

Boy Luthje, Siqi Luo, Hao Zhang , Siqi Luo

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English

Campus Verlag
15 August 2013

Labour economics; Industrial relations

Series: International Labour Studies

A unique account of labor relations in the modern Chinese economy, Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl brings together more than thirty in-depth case studies of key multinational, Chinese, and overseas Chinese enterprises in the automotive, electronic, and garment industries. Analyzing the regimes of production and their segmentations in the context of global and national production networks, the authors discuss Chinese and international industrial relations theory and labor sociology and explore the perspectives of collective bargaining, trade union reform, and democratic workplace representation in China.

By: Boy Luthje, Siqi Luo, Hao Zhang, Siqi Luo
Imprint: Campus Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 21mm, Width: 14mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9783593398907
ISBN 10: 3593398907
Series: International Labour Studies
Pages: 420
Publication Date: 15 August 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Boy Luthje is a senior fellow at the Institute of Social Research in Frankfurt, Germany, and visiting professor at the School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Siqi Luo is a research associate of the Institute of Social Research. Hao Zhang is a doctoral student at Cornell University.

Reviews for Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: Regimes of Production and Industrial Relations in China

Sets an ambitious agenda of explaining the management and organization of work in over thirty manufacturing plants within three major economic sectors (automobiles, electronics, and textiles) spread across much of (mainly) eastern China. . . . Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl is interesting, with lots of data and interesting details, contextualized within industry- and country-specific analysis. --Bill Taylor, City University of Hong Kong China Journal Sets an ambitious agenda of explaining the management and organization of work in over thirty manufacturing plants within three major economic sectors (automobiles, electronics, and textiles) spread across much of (mainly) eastern China. . . . Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl is interesting, with lots of data and interesting details, contextualized within industry- and country-specific analysis. --Bill Taylor, City University of Hong Kong China Journal