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Author Gallagher, Mary Elizabeth, 1969-

Title Contagious capitalism : globalization and the politics of labor in China / Mary Elizabeth Gallagher
Published Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Contagious Capitalism; Chapter Three: Blurring Boundaries: Foreign Direct Investment and the Evolution of Enterprise Ownership in China; Chapter Four: The Unmitigated Market: Contract Labor and the Problem of Representation in Chinese Firms; Chapter Five: "Use the Law as Your Weapon!"; Chapter Six: From State-owned to National Industry; Conclusion: The Contradiction of "Reform and Openness"; Appendix: Firms and Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics. Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends th
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Investments, Foreign -- Government policy -- China
Investments, Foreign -- Political aspects -- China
Labor -- China
Capitalism -- China
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- China
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
Capitalism
Commercial policy
Globalization -- Economic aspects
Investments, Foreign -- Government policy
Investments, Foreign -- Political aspects
Labor
Politics and government
Arbeitsrecht
Auslandsinvestition
Internationalisierung
Kapitalismus
Wirtschaftsreform
Economische hervormingen.
Internationalisatie.
Buitenlandse investeringen.
Arbeidsverhoudingen.
Politieke situatie.
SUBJECT China -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024153
China -- Commercial policy
China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
Subject China
China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400837298
1400837294