Description: Based on extensive field research, this book examines the lived experiences of Chinese labour in a wide range of occupations and settings, highlighting the complexity of changes and challenges taking place in the Chinese work place today.
Review Quotes:
'This is in many ways a very appealing book proposal. The various authors are steeped in research on a wide variety of occupations in contemporary China, and they all appear to be based on significant ethnographic of field interview research. The editor, Prof Lee, is very highly regards, and has a strong track record of significant publications in this area: indeed she can probably now be considred the leading person in this area.' - Andrew Walder, Stanford University
'I could go on about the fascination of these studies but let me just say that the editor, Ching Kwan Lee, os surely now the leading scholar of Chinese labor after her award winning book and her daring studies of labor protest. You should grab this book and out it into print as quickly as you can. It is a superb compilation of the very best of a new generaltion of China scholars' - Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley
'It is a terrific project, based on exciting and thorough field research, it's in great shape, and it will be widely read. I will assign it in courses on China but also on comparative labour. To put it in crass terms it will become one of your top sellers, and with very good reason. In more lofty scholarly terms, it brings together outstanding new research, incisive, persuasive analysis, great stories, and refreshing, compelling style.' - Marc Blecher, Oberlin College