Bringing class back in
Class consciousness and solidarity among Chinese migrant workers in Italy and the UK
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2146376 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bin Wu (0000-0002-7568-1993), Wu Bin (0000-0001-6164-8722), Hong Liu (0000-0003-3328-8429) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1391-1408 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2012.715660 |
| OpenAlex | W1992981893 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 19 |
The growing literature on international migration has a tendency to emphasize homogenous elements such as shared ethnic background, social network and cultural similarities in shaping immigrants' identity. We argue that this underestimates the differences (and sometimes conflicts) of interests between ethnic employers and migrant workers and that class needs to be brought back into the studies of ethnic relationship. Based upon findings from a series of fieldwork in Veneto, Italy and East Midlands, UK, this article contends that class consciousness has co-existed, sometimes uneasily, alongside co-ethnic and cultural relationships among Chinese migrant workers and has played an important part in the making of new Chinese communities. By analysing the perspectives of Chinese migrant workers and their relationship with co-ethnic entrepreneurs, this article illustrates complex factors behind the formation, diffusion and development of class consciousness among Chinese migrant workers
Class (philosophy · Class consciousness · Consciousness · Ethnic group · Identity (music · Immigration · Political science · Sociology · Solidarity · Working class · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |