Toleration (eBook)

Group Governance in a Chinese Third Line Enterprise

Chao Chen (Autor)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XVII, 167 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-8941-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This book uncovers the mysterious social and political structures of China's 'Third Front,' the large state-sponsored development of inland China during the late Maoist period. This movement gave birth to a few important industrial bases such as Panzhihua and Liupanshui and had significant impact on megacities such as Lanzhou, Wuhan, and Chongqing. Yet, this is scarcely known to the West and even the younger generation of Chinese. Chen explores the ways that new industrial structures and hierarchies were created and operated, using political and sociological methodologies to understand what is distinctive in the history of the Chinese corporation. This book will be of immense interest to political scientists, sociologists, China scholars, and researchers of alternative economic structures.

Chao Chen, with a PhD from the National University of Singapore, is a rising scholar based at Xiamen University's Institute of Taiwan Research. Specializing in state and society relations, comparative political economy, and qualitative methods, Chen is a name to watch. 

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This book uncovers the mysterious social and political structures of China's "e;Third Front,"e; the large state-sponsored development of inland China during the late Maoist period. This movement gave birth to a few important industrial bases such as Panzhihua and Liupanshui and had significant impact on megacities such as Lanzhou, Wuhan, and Chongqing. Yet, this is scarcely known to the West and even the younger generation of Chinese. Chen explores the ways that new industrial structures and hierarchies were created and operated, using political and sociological methodologies to understand what is distinctive in the history of the Chinese corporation. This book will be of immense interest to political scientists, sociologists, China scholars, and researchers of alternative economic structures.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction1.1 Managerial Control in SOEs from the mid 1970s to the 1980sNeo-traditionalism: Managerial Control Before 1978Disorganized Despotism: Managerial Control from 1978 to the 1980s1.2 Toleration: A Governing Strategy as A Result of Contextual ConditionsThe Interconnected Social Networks in Jinjiang FactoryWorkers’ Control on Production in Jinjiang Factory1.3 Toleration in Practice: the Governance of Absenteeism as An ExampleReinterpretation of Workers’ AbsenceExchange among Multiple ActorsTactics for Time and Money1.4 MethodologyGaining Access to the Third LinersSelecting InformantsThe InterviewsOther Sources of Data1.5 Thesis OrganizationChapter 2 The Third Line Construction and Jinjiang Factory2.1 The Third Line Construction2.2 Jinjiang Factory: A Representative Third Line EnterpriseChapter 3The Context of Toleration (1): Isolated Life in Jinjiang Factory3.1 Transportation3.2 Food and Drink3.3 Education3.4 Entertainment3.5 Social Interaction and Social Relationship3.6 Urban Factories, Rural Collectives and the Third Line Enterprises in PerspectiveConclusion: City in the VillageChapter 4 The Context of Toleration (2): Interconnected Social Networks   4.1 Three Groups of Workers4.2 Group Belonging and Job Opportunity in Jinjiang Factory4.3 Fragmentation in Daily LivesLife Outside the WorkshopLife in the Workshop4.4 Interconnected Social Networks in Jinjiang Factory4.5 Contrasting Social Relations in Urban SOEs and Jinjiang FactoryConclusionChapter 5 The Context of Toleration (3): Workers’ Control on Production  5.1 Permanent Employment Status5.2 Job Immobility and Preference for Personal Reputation5.3 Job Immobility and Workers’ Control on ProductionConclusionChapter 6 Toleration in Practice (1): the Phenomenon of Absenteeism6.1 Discussion of Absenteeism in Conferences6.2 Absenteeism in PracticeAbsence Due to MisbehaviorsAbsence for Personal MattersConclusionChapter 7 Toleration in Practice (2): The Governance of Absenteeism7.1 Reinterpretation of Absenteeism: the Exceptional Circumstances7.2 Exchange Among Multiple Actors7.3 Characteristics of Multi-Actors Exchange7.4 Tactics for Dealing with the Exceptional CircumstancesTactics for Time SeekingTactics for Balancing the Workers’ InterestConclusionChapter 8 Conclusion8.1 Varieties of Industrial Authority8.2 Does dependency lead to obedience?Appendix: The Social Relations of L’s and C’s Families in the FactoryBibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2018
• Reihe/Serie: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society
• Reihe/Serie: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 167 p. 25 illus.
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Autarkic Economics • Chinese Economic Historyu • Regional Development • Third Front • Workplace Sociology
• ISBN-10: 981-10-8941-8 / 9811089418
• ISBN-13: 978-981-10-8941-1 / 9789811089411