Economic Development and Sectoral Unions in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3587261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eli D Friedman, Eli Friedman (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 481-503 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001979391406700208 |
| OpenAlex | W1783314340 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 50 |
Drawing on qualitative fieldwork in China's Guangdong and Zhejiang Provinces, the author asks how post-socialist unions respond to worker unrest and why the development of sectoral-level bargaining has been uneven in different regions of China. While Zhejiang has had relative success in establishing the organizational infrastructure for sectoral bargaining, Guangdong has had little success despite ongoing attempts by unions. The author explains variation in sectoral-level bargaining through an analysis of the different models of economic development, which are characterized as local entrepreneurialism and global integration for Zhejiang and Guangdong, respectively. Despite having different organizational forms, unions in both places suffer from a lack of credibility and capacity to enforce contracts. Given the ACFTU's ongoing focus on sectoral-level bargaining, however, experiments will likely continue in various regions and industries throughout China
Business · China · Credibility · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Political science · Unrest · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Labor Movements and Unions · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Platform-union negotiation in China
What sort of workplace democracy can democratic management achieve in China
Navigating ethical boundaries
From empowerment to encapsulation
Experimentation and decentralization in China’s labor relations
To empower or constrain? How emergent interest representation transformed workers' collective action in South China
Why Don't They Complain? The Social Determinants of Chinese Migrant Workers' Grievance Behaviors
China's Workers Under Assault
Contesting Citizenship in Urban China
Against the Law
Making Capitalism in China
Embedded Autonomy
Between the State and Labour
Reform from Below
The Making of a New Working Class? A Study of Collective Actions of Migrant Workers in South China
Selling China
Capitalism from Below
Between Decentralization and Europeanization
The Janus Face of Business Associations in China
The Decentralization of Collective Bargaining
The Moral Universe of Aggrieved Chinese Workers
Explaining Labor Weakness in Post-Communist Europe
The role of foreign direct investment in China's post-1978 economic development
Can India Overtake China
The "Wenzhou Model" of Development and China's Modernization
Reform and Openness
Industrial Restructuring and Workers’ Resistance in China
Post-socialist trade unions
Business Associations and Labor Unions in Comparison
Engendering the Worlds of Labor
The Wenzhou Model for Economic Development
The Rise of Manufacturing Towns
Restructuring Industrial Districts, Scaling Up Regional Development
Union Organizing in China
The Management of Human Resources in Chinese Industry
The Demise of the National Union in Italy
Working-Class Power, Capitalist-Class Interests, and Class Compromise
Insurgency and institutionalization
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |