The Emerging Industrial Relations of China
The Emerging Industrial Relations of China
Labour relations are at the heart of China's extraordinary economic rise. This growth, accompanied by internal migration, urbanisation and rising income have brought a dramatic increase in the aspirations of workers, forcing the Chinese government to restructure its relationships with both employers and workers. In order to resolve disputes and manage workplace militancy, the once monolithic official trade union is becoming more flexible, internally. No longer able to rely on government support in dealing with worker unrest, employers are rapidly forming organisations of their own. In this book, a new generation of Chinese scholars provide analyses of six distinct aspects of these developments. They are set in the broader context by the leading authority on Chinese labour law and two western specialists in comparative labour relations. The result is a comprehensive study for scholars and graduate students working in Chinese industrial relations, comparative labour law, human resource management, NGOs and international labour organisations.
- Provides a concise, rounded account of the rapidly changing industrial relations of China, focusing on the period since 2010, in accessible, non-technical English, suitable for a non-specialist reader
- Largely written by young Chinese scholars, drawing on their own case studies and surveys, it provides primary evidence on recent legal and institutional developments in China
- Uses Western concepts and scholarship to provide a deep understanding of the wider functioning of the Chinese state and Communist Party
Reviews & endorsements
'This is an excellent analysis of the challenges and opportunities China faces as it shapes its emerging industrial relations system. By combining their deep expertise on how western countries have addressed these issues with equally deep expertise on the history and current employment practices in China, the authors have produced what is destined to be the go-to textbook and scholarly resource on this subject.' Thomas Kochan, George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
'This volume … defies expectations and provides across the chapters a nicely accessible, interesting, and informative account of historical trends and contemporary events and challenges in the IR system of the world's most populous and rapidly-developing nation.' Bruce E. Kaufman, Industrial Relations
Product details
November 2018Paperback
9781107534964
266 pages
230 × 153 × 17 mm
0.43kg
15 b/w illus. 3 tables
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. What should we be looking for in industrial relations in China? William Brown
- 2. The transition to collective labour relations Chang Kai and William Brown
- 3. The two forms of labour movement Chang Kai
- 4. The response of trade unions to market pressures Chang Cheng
- 5. Employer strategies in collective labour relations Wen Xiaoyi
- 6. The changing role of government towards labour Tu Wei
- 7. The development of collective consultation Lei Xiaotian
- 8. The challenges faced by employee participation Zhan Jing
- 9. Strikes: rights and resolution Meng Quan
- 10. Going to market: comparing labour relations reform in China, Russia and Vietnam Tim Pringle
- 11. Conclusion William Brown and Chang Kai.
