Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective

Book Overview

As the "world's factory" China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to contend with rapid changes in industrial relations. Anita Chan argues that Chinese labor is too often viewed from a prism of exceptionalism and too rarely examined comparatively, even though valuable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801479932
• ISBN13: 9780801479939
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher