Contagious Capitalism - Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO Contagious Capitalism 9 FDI as Competitive Pressure 11 FDI and Laboratories for Change 14 FDI and Ideological Change 18 "Opening Up" in Comparative Perspective 19 Conclusion 28 CHAPTER THREE Blurring Boundaries 30 Chapter Overview 33 FDI in China 33 The Evolution of Foreign Ownership 37 "Letting Go The Small:" FDI and the Sale of SOEs: 1992 45 Competitive Liberalization and Its Effects 56 Conclusion 60 CHAPTER FOUR The Unmitigated Market 62 Policy Liberalization and Labor Flexibility 65 Chinese Firms under Socialism, Pre-1978 66 The Era of Partial Reform, 1978-1992 70 Contagious Capitalism, 1992 76 Contracts and Employment Insecurity 76 Management Domination over or Suppression of Worker Organizations 82 Conclusion 96 CHAPTER FIVE "Use the Law as Your Weapon!" 98 China's Turn to the Rule of Law 101 Labor and Legal Institutionalization 103 The Labor Contract System 105 The National Labor Law 110 Rising Conflict: Labor Disputes in the 1990's 114 Labor Disputes in Comparative Perspective 116 Trends in PR C Labor Disputes 121 Labor Conflict and Foreign Investment 130 Conclusion 131 CHAPTER SIX From State-owned to National Industry 133 Giving Up on Socialism 136 Developmentalism in Practice: From the Center to the Firm 139 Conclusion 153 CONCLUSION The Contradiction of "Reform and Openness" 154 APPENDIX Firms and Interviews 159 Notes 163 Bibliography 215 Index 235