State and Laid-Off Workers in Reform China : The Silence and Collective Action of the Retrenched (Hardcover)

Contents  Figures and Tables  Acknowledgements Abbreviations  1. Introduction  2. The Ending of a Socialist Contract and Retrenchment  3. Retrenchment and Laid-Off Workers’ Responses  4. Fragmentation and Collective Action 5. Management and Worker Silence  6. Government and the Prevention of Worker Resistance  7. Collective Action of Chinese Laid-off Workers  8. Conclusion  Appendix Bibliography