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Against the Law: Labor Protests in China's Rustbelt and Sunbelt
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Ching Kwan Lee, et al. as mentioned in this paper published a solid study of labo-Ur politics in contemporary China, which is based on years of work in the field of political science.Abstract:
Ching Kwan Lee, (2007), x + 325 (University of California Press, Berkeley, $55.00, paperback $21.95). This book is a solid study of laboUr politics in contemporary China. Largely based on years of ...read more
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How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism But Silences Collective Expression
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a system to locate, download, and analyze the content of millions of social media posts originating from nearly 1,400 different social media services all over China before the Chinese government is able to find, evaluate, and censor the large subset they deem objectionable.
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The Power of Instability: Unraveling the Microfoundations of Bargained Authoritarianism in China
Ching Kwan Lee,Yonghong Zhang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop an interactive and relational conception of infrastructural state power for studying the capacity of authoritarian regimes to absorb popular protests. And they identify three microfoundations of Chinese authoritarianism: protest bargaining, legal-bureaucratic absorption, and patron-clientelism.
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Unfinished Proletarianization: Self, Anger, and Class Action among the Second Generation of Peasant-Workers in Present-Day China:
TL;DR: This article studied the subjective experiences of the second generation of dagongmei/zai, female migrant workers/male migrant workers, who have developed new forms of power and resistance unknown to the previous generation of workers.
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Chinese Conceptions of “Rights”: From Mencius to Mao—and Now
TL;DR: The recent explosion of popular protest in China, often framed as a demand for the fulfillment of "rights" has captured widespread attention as mentioned in this paper, and some observers interpret the protests as signs of a moral vacuum.
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Precarious, Informalizing, and Flexible Work Transforming Concepts and Understandings
Dennis Arnold,Joseph R. Bongiovi +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examines new ways of looking at the global economic system as a whole while focusing on the diverse experiences associated with precarious work and addresses prominent social movements and scholarly responses to changes in work and life, including transforming politics and policy initiatives.
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How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism But Silences Collective Expression
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a system to locate, download, and analyze the content of millions of social media posts originating from nearly 1,400 different social media services all over China before the Chinese government is able to find, evaluate, and censor the large subset they deem objectionable.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Power of Instability: Unraveling the Microfoundations of Bargained Authoritarianism in China
Ching Kwan Lee,Yonghong Zhang +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop an interactive and relational conception of infrastructural state power for studying the capacity of authoritarian regimes to absorb popular protests. And they identify three microfoundations of Chinese authoritarianism: protest bargaining, legal-bureaucratic absorption, and patron-clientelism.
Journal ArticleDOI
Unfinished Proletarianization: Self, Anger, and Class Action among the Second Generation of Peasant-Workers in Present-Day China:
TL;DR: This article studied the subjective experiences of the second generation of dagongmei/zai, female migrant workers/male migrant workers, who have developed new forms of power and resistance unknown to the previous generation of workers.
Journal ArticleDOI
Chinese Conceptions of “Rights”: From Mencius to Mao—and Now
TL;DR: The recent explosion of popular protest in China, often framed as a demand for the fulfillment of "rights" has captured widespread attention as mentioned in this paper, and some observers interpret the protests as signs of a moral vacuum.
Journal ArticleDOI
Precarious, Informalizing, and Flexible Work Transforming Concepts and Understandings
Dennis Arnold,Joseph R. Bongiovi +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examines new ways of looking at the global economic system as a whole while focusing on the diverse experiences associated with precarious work and addresses prominent social movements and scholarly responses to changes in work and life, including transforming politics and policy initiatives.