Table of Contents
1 Introduction and Argument Mary E. Gallagher Ching Kwan Lee Sarosh Kuruvilla 1
Part I Informalization and the State
2 The Informalization of the Chinese Labor Market Albert Park Fang Cai 17
3 Legislating Harmony: Labor Law Reform in Contemporary China Mary E. Gallagher Baohua Dong 36
4 Social Policy and Public Opinion in an Age of Insecurity Mark W. Frazier 61
Part II Transformation of Employment Relations in Industries
5 Enterprise Reform and Wage Movements in Chinese Oil Fields and Refineries Kun-Chin Lin 83
6 The Paradox of Labor Force Dualism and State-Labor-Capital Relations in the Chinese Automobile Industry Lu Zhang 107
7 Permanent Temporariness in the Chinese Construction Industry Sarah Swider 138
Part III Unions, Nongovernmental Organizations, and Workers
8 "Where There Are Workers, There Should Be Trade Unions": Union Organizing in the Era of Growing Informal Employment Mingwei Liu 157
9 The Anti-Solidarity Machine?: Labor Nongovernmental Organizations in China Ching Kwan Lee Yuan Shen 173
10 Conclusion Mary E. Gallagher Sarosh Kuruvilla Ching Kwan Lee 188
Notes 193
References 205
Notes on Contributors 223
Index 227