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Author Yue, Hua, 1942- author.

Title The (re)making of the Chinese working class : labor activism and passivity in China / Elly Leung
Edition 1st ed
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Series Palgrave debates in business history
Palgrave debates in business history.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: Debates on Workers consciousness development in China -- Chapter 2 The (Re- ) Making of a Docile working class in China -- Chapter 3 Automatic Docility in Market Socialism -- Chapter 4 "Beyond" the Selves and Reflective Docility -- Chapter 5 Conclusion
Summary This book engages with Foucaults theoretical works to understand the (re- ) making of the working-class in China. In so doing, the author applies Foucaults genealogical (historicalization) method to explore the ways the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) develop Chinese governmentality (or government of mentalities) among everyday workers in its thought management system. Through the investigation of the key events in Chinese history, she presents how Chinas stable political party is sustained through the CCPs ability to retain, update and incorporate many Confucian discourses into its contemporary form of thought management system using social networks, such as families and schools, to continuously (re- ) shape workers consciousness into one that maintains their docility. This book will bring a new voice to the debate of Chinese working-class politics and labour movements. It will serve as a gateway to comprehensive knowledge about China for students and academics with interests in Chinese employment relations, Chinese politics, labourist activist culture, and social movements. Elly Leung is a research officer at the University of Western Australia. Since completing the doctoral thesis that explored how workers consciousness and mentalities were (re- ) shaped by the State in China, her writings have appeared in various books and journals
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Working class -- China
Working class -- Political activity -- China
Labor movement -- China
Labor movement
Working class
Working class -- Political activity
China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030833138
3030833135
Other Titles Remaking of the Chinese working class