Participation and Recognition

The Transforming of (Un)employment in China

Bibliographic Data

ID6307884
AuthorsLin Chun (0009-0002-6569-8211, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume22
Issue4
Pages529-552
Publication date2000-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/713687970
OpenAlexW2062373215
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

China's mounting unemployment in recent years is an unintended but predictable consequence of the economic reform with an open labor market. It has turned into a major political crisis in a "socialist state" where not only security but also sovereign dignity of labor remain central to the constitutional mandate and, however lingering, to popular expectation as well. This article traces the origins of the crisis, explores linkage between participation and recognition, explains mutual relevance of the EuroAmerican "future of work" debate and the Chinese experience, and argues for creative adaptation toward an alternative. It concludes with an observation that participatory activities beyond salaried jobs would require guaranteed social security; and only institutional innovations in public policy that enable democratic control by citizens over resources and management can forge a new social contract for overcoming unemployment

Democracy · Dignity · Economic growth · Economics · Mandate · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Unemployment · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law

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