| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Contemporary China Series |
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Routledge contemporary China series.
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| Contents |
Law and Fair Work in China; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Chinese fair work law from 1912 to 1978: creation and destruction; 3 A second start: the re- creation of labour market and legal institutions from 1978 to 1994; 4 The Labour Law of 1994: structuring modern Chinese work regulation; 5 After the Labour Law: crisis and regulatory responses from 1994 to 2007; 6 The Labour Contract Law of 2007: reforming contract to protect work standards?; 7 Making reform work? Dispute resolution, labour inspection and firm behaviour since 2007 |
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8 Conclusion: eight observations about fair work law in ChinaMethodological appendix: interviews; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
China's economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several thousand disputes break out over working conditions, many of them violent, and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law, and other forms of regulation, to govern working conditions and combat labour disputes. Starting from the early years of the |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor laws and legislation -- China
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Labor disputes -- China
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Arbitration, Industrial -- Law and legislation -- China
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Law reform -- China
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Arbitration, Industrial -- Law and legislation
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Labor disputes
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Labor laws and legislation
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Law reform
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Biddulph, Sarah
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Zhu, Ying
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| ISBN |
9781135101732 |
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1135101736 |
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