Against the State
Labor Protests in China in the 1950s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6007883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feng Chen (0000-0002-9129-7895, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, corresponding author), Chen Feng (0000-0003-3151-9406, Hong Kong Baptist University, corresponding author), Yadi Zhu (0000-0003-4906-5916, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 488-518 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0097700413498201 |
| OpenAlex | W2127161731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Deriving evidence from Neican (Internal Reference), this article demonstrates that labor unrest in the 1950s was rooted in inherent tensions in the state’s efforts to reconstruct state-labor relations. With the state’s increasing control over industry and the emerging paternalistic institutions, workers came to see the state, as it presented itself, as the patron of their interests, and they expected its economic protection. Consequently, the discrepancy between the state’s socialist promises and some of the policies and the practices of its agencies often disappointed and disillusioned workers and became a major source of grievances, triggering protests. Labor protests in the 1950s signified the rise of a new pattern of worker reaction to adverse economic conditions, one in which workers held the government responsible for their grievances. This was a pattern that would be seen more clearly more than forty years later when market reform led to massive protests by laid-off workers
Control (management · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labor relations · Management · Paternalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Unrest · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |