Research Handbook on Chinese Labour

Reflecting the highly internationalised and multidisciplinary character of China labour studies, this Research Handbook provides a rigorous account of labour relations in China and the development of labour studies. Comprehensive in nature, it brings together chapters from authors based in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, Europe and North America.Contributing authors combine state-of-the-art scholarship with theoretical and conceptual insights into the major transformations of the past five decades, including urbanisation and rural–urban relations, the legacy of socialist institutions, and changing regimes within an evolving political economy. They examine key stages in the development of Chinese labour relations, from the factory regime to the platform economy, addressing major issues including migration, labour protests, organising, class formation, governance, and digitalisation. Chapters also explore the ongoing developments, proposing that Chinese capitalism has entered a new age of monopoly capital with State power at the core of constructing infrastructures. The Research Handbook on Chinese Labour is a fundamental resource for students and scholars of China studies, development studies, economics, political sciences, and sociology. Academics and practitioners of human resource management, employment relations and public policies will also benefit from the empirical contributions.