The End of Cheap Labour?: Industrial Transformation and "Social Upgrading" in China - Couverture souple

Butollo, Florian

 
9783593501772: The End of Cheap Labour?: Industrial Transformation and "Social Upgrading" in China
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3593501775 ISBN 13 : 9783593501772
Editeur : Campus Verlag, 2015

Synopsis

The Chinese government and international observers argue that China's economy must overcome its excessive dependence on exports if substantial growth in domestic consumption is to be achieved and sustained in the future. But this shift can only occur if China also lessens its reliance on cheap migrant labor and encourages investment in its own labor force.

In The End of Cheap Labour?, Florian Butollo investigates the recent transformation of the garment and LED lighting industries in the Pearl River Delta, China's largest industrial hub. He reveals that industrial upgrading rarely supports improvements in working conditions and the basic employment pattern; and this failure of "social upgrading" threatens to undermine the desired rebalancing of the Chinese economy. Butollo demonstrates that the implementation of collective labor rights remains an important obstacle in the future of the Chinese growth model.

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À propos de l'auteur

Florian Butollo is assistant professor in the Department of Labor, Industrial, and Economic Sociology at the University of Jena, Germany.

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Éditeur
Campus Verlag
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3593501775
ISBN 13 
9783593501772
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
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Personne responsable
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