TY - BOOK
T1 - Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination
T2 - Comparisons with Hong Kong and Vietnam
AU - Siu, Kaxton
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - This book explores three major changes in the circumstances of the migrant working class in south China over the past three decades, from historical and comparative perspectives. It examines the rise of a male migrant working population in the export industries, a shift in material and social lives of migrant workers, and the emergence of a new non-coercive factory regime in the industries. By conducting on-site fieldwork regarding Hong Kong-invested garment factories in south China, Hong Kong and Vietnam, alongside factory-gate surveys in China and Vietnam, this book examines how and why the circumstances of workers in these localities are dissimilar even when under the same type of factory ownership. In analyzing workers’ lives within and outside factories, and the expansion of global capitalism in East and Southeast Asia, the book contributes to research on production politics and everyday life practice, and an understanding of how global and local forces interact.
AB - This book explores three major changes in the circumstances of the migrant working class in south China over the past three decades, from historical and comparative perspectives. It examines the rise of a male migrant working population in the export industries, a shift in material and social lives of migrant workers, and the emergence of a new non-coercive factory regime in the industries. By conducting on-site fieldwork regarding Hong Kong-invested garment factories in south China, Hong Kong and Vietnam, alongside factory-gate surveys in China and Vietnam, this book examines how and why the circumstances of workers in these localities are dissimilar even when under the same type of factory ownership. In analyzing workers’ lives within and outside factories, and the expansion of global capitalism in East and Southeast Asia, the book contributes to research on production politics and everyday life practice, and an understanding of how global and local forces interact.
KW - Chinese Migrant Factory Workforce
KW - China’s Labor Market Structure
KW - China’s Industrialization and Migrant Workers
KW - Inequalities and Chinese Migrant Workers in Asia
KW - Labor Regime and Production Politics
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-32-9123-2
DO - 10.1007/978-981-32-9123-2
M3 - Book or report
SN - 9789813291225
SN - 9789813291256
T3 - Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies
BT - Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Singapore
ER -