Law and fair work in China

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The work Law and fair work in China represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Law and fair work in China

Statement of responsibility

Sean Cooney, Sarah Biddulph and Ying Zhu

Creator

• Cooney, Sean, 1963-

Contributor

• Biddulph, Sarah
• Zhu, Ying, 1961-

Author

• Zhu, Ying, 1961-
• Biddulph, Sarah

Subject

• Law reform -- China
• Arbitration, Industrial -- Law and legislation -- China
• Labor disputes -- China
• Labor laws and legislation -- China

Language

eng

Summary

China's economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several hundred thousand disputes break out over working conditions, many of them violent, and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law, and other forms of regulation, to govern working conditions and combat labour disputes. Starting from its beginnings in the Republican period the book traces the evolution of the law of work in modern China right up to the reforms of the present day. It goes on to consider the structure of Chinese work law, drawing on both Chinese and Western scholarship to provide new insights into its unique features and assess where the law is innovative and where it is stagnant and unresponsive. Finally, the authors explore the various legal and extra-legal techniques successive Chinese governments have adopted to enforce employment law and the responses of firms, workers and organizations to these practices.--

Member of

• Routledge contemporary China series, 93

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

FlBoTFG

Dewey number

344.5101

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

• Routledge contemporary China series
• Taylor & Francis eBooks