Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl: Regimes of Production and Industrial Relations in China

ISBN-13: 9783593398907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 354 str.

Boy Luthje; Siqui Luo; Hao Zhang

Opis

A unique account of labor relations in the modern Chinese economy, "Beyond the Iron Rice Bowl "brings together more than thirty in-depth case studies of key multinational, Chinese, and overseas Chinese enterprises in the automotive, electronic, and garment industries. Analyzing the regimes of production and their segmentations in the context of global and national production networks, the authors discuss Chinese and international industrial relations theory and labor sociology and explore the perspectives of collective bargaining, trade union reform, and democratic workplace representation in China."

Spis treści

Contents

Introduction

I . Socio-Economic Transformation, Industrial Relations

and Regimes of Production in China

1 . Changing Labor Relations - Conceptual Approaches

and Perspectives

2 . Diverging Patterns of Economic Restructuring and Control .

3 . Regimes of Production in Core Industries

4 . Research Methodology and Outline of Case Studies

II . Labor Relations and Regimes of Production in the

Automobile Sector

1 . Introduction

2 . Industry Structure and Basic Trends of Development

3 . Models of Production and Supplier Networks .

4 . Workforce Structure and Labor Relations

5 . Introduction to Case Studies

5 .1 Automobile Assembly Case Studies

5 .1 .1 Automobile Assembly Case Study 1

5 .1 .2 Automobile Assembly Case Study 2

5 .1 .3 Automobile Assembly Case Study 3 (2 Factories)

5 .1 .4 Automobile Assembly Case Study 4

5 .2 Automotive Suppliers Case Studies

5 .2 .1 Automotive Suppliers Case Study 1

5 .2 .2 Automotive Suppliers Case Study 2

5 .2 .3 Automotive Suppliers Case Study 3

5 .2 .4 Automotive Suppliers Case Study 4

III . Labor Relations and Regimes of Production in the

Electronics Industry

1 . Introduction

2 . Industry Structure and Basic Trends of Development .

3 . Models of Production and Supplier Networks

4 . Workforce Structure and Labor Relations .

5 . Introduction to Case Studies .

5 .1 Electronics Industry Case Studies: Brand-Name Firms

5 .1 .1 Electronics Industry Case Study 1

5 .1 .2 Electronics Industry Case Study 2

5 .1 .3 Electronics Industry Case Study 3

5 .2 Electronics Industry Case Studies: Contract Manufacturers

5 .2 .1 Electronics Industry Case Study 4

5 .2 .2 Electronics Industry Case Study 5 (3 Factories)

5 .3 Electronics Industry Case Studies: Electronics

Component Suppliers

5 .3 .1 Electronics Industry Case Study 6

5 .3 .2 Electronics Industry Case Study 7

5 .3 .3 Electronics Industry Case Study 8

IV . Labor Relations and Regimes of Production in the

Textile and Garment Industry

1 . Introduction

2 . Industry Structure and Basic Trends of Development

3 . Models of Production and Supplier Networks

4 . Workforce Structure and Labor Relations

5 . Introduction to Case Studies

5 .1 Textile and Garment Industry Case Studies

5 .1 .1 Textile and Garment Industry Case Study 1

5 .1 .2 Textile and Garment Industry Case Study 2

5 .1 .3 Textile and Garment Industry Case Study 3

5 .1 .4 Textile and Garment Industry Case Study 4

5 .1 .5 Textile and Garment Industry Case Study 5

V . Regimes of Production and Labor Standards

1 . Summary Discussion of Regimes of Production

2 . Auto Industry Case Studies Summary

3 . Electronics Industry Case Studies Summary

4 . Garment Industry Case Studies Summary

5 . Diversity of Production Regimes and Instability of Workplace

Relations

6 . Management Prerogative and Labor Standards

7 . No New Deal for Workers in China .

8 . Regimes of Production and Industrial Conflict: the 2010

Autoworkers' Strikes in South China

9 . Making Tripartism Work? Policies of Labor Reform

in Guangdong Province

Table and Figure Credits

References

Index

O autorze

Boy Lüthje ist Mitarbeiter am Institut für Sozialforschung Frankfurt und Visiting Professor an der Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Siqi Luo ist Industriesoziologin und promovierte 2012 an der Universität Frankfurt. Hao Zhang ist Promotionsstudent an der Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.