Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry

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University of California Press, Aug 18, 1988 - Political Science - 250 pages
Based on official Chinese sources as well as intensive interviews with Hong Kong residents formerly employed in mainland factories, Andrew Walder's neo-traditional image of communist society in China will be of interest not only to those concerned with China and other communist countries, but also to students of industrial relations and comparative social science.
 

Contents

An Introductory Essay
1
Life Chances in a Status Society
28
3 The PartyState in the Factory
85
Moral and Political Aspects of Authority
123
The Factory Social Order
162
The Failed Revitalization
190
Changes in the Wake of Maoism
222
8 Theoretical Reflections
242
The Hong Kong Interviews An Essay on Method
255
List of Informants
270
Bibliography
273
Index
295
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Andrew G. Walder is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University.

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