Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (45 Seiten)
Series Statement:
GIGA Working Papers no. 39
Keywords:
China Arbeiterklasse
;
Arbeit
;
Wirtschaftlicher Wandel
Abstract:
China`s transition to a market economy has been a process of basic institutional changes and institution building. The institutional change from a socialist labour regime (SLR) as one of the backbones upholding the traditional leninist system to a new `socialist` market labour regime (SMLR) became particularly important for the success of economic and political reforms. This analysis is based on the analytical framework of regimes and makes use of the idea of path dependence. An ensemble of institutions, mutually interconnected and influencing each other, forms the regime and shapes its trajectory. Six institutions are identified to constitute the employment regime: (1) the system of social control, (2) the production system, (3) the system of industrial relations, (4) the welfare system, (5) the family order, and (6) the educational system. The SMLR is still characterised by its socialist past and differs from other varieties of transformation labour regimes and bears little resemblance to labour regimes in Western market economies. (Abstract)
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Labour Process under Discussion: Labour Regime and Path Dependence -- 3. Characteristics of the Socialist Labour Regime (SLR) -- 4. The Emerging `Socialist` Market Labour Regime (SMLR) -- 5. Conclusion: Insights from the Transition of a Labour Regime
Note:
"An earlier version of this paper was presented at the workshop on `Labor Mobility in Ur ban China - An Integrated Labor Market in the Making?`, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China, 1-2 September 2005." (Seite 3)Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 41-45Zusammenfassung in deutscher Sprache
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