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Walder

Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-520-06470-6
Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Erscheinungstermin: 31.08.1988
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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.


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  • Artikelnummer: 9780520064706
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-520-06470-6
  • Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
  • Erscheinungstermin: 31.08.1988
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 1988
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Trade Paperback
  • Gewicht: 463 g
  • Seiten: 250
  • Format (B x H x T): 140 x 20 x 217 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Communist Neo-Traditionalism: An Introductory Essay

The Neo-Traditional Image of Communist Society

Communist Neo-Traditionalism as a Type-Concept

Social and Economic Dependence on the Enterprise

Political Dependence on Management

Personal Dependence on Superiors

The Institutional Culture of Authority

Precis of the Analysis

2. The Factory as an Institution: Life Chances in a Status Society

The Transition to a Communist Pattern

Demographic Problems and the Administrative Response

Status Groups in the Labor Force

The Supply and Allocation of State Sector Jobs

Social and Economic Aspects of the Employment Relationship
Labor Mobility and Dependence on the Enterprise

Mobility and Life Chances in the Enterprise

The Structured Dependence of the Enterprise Community

3· The Party-State in the Factory

The Party-State and the Working Class

The Political Organization of the Factory

The "Foreman's Empire" on the Shop Floor
The Chinese Work Group System

Stalinist and Maoist Mobilization: A Comparison

4· Principled Particularism: Moral and Political Aspects of Authority

Social Ties in Ideological Groups

From Ideological Orientation to Principled Particularism

Biaoxian and the Flexibility of Rewards and Punishments

Worker Responses to Moral-Political Authority

The Substantive Ambiguity of Biaoxian

5· Clientelist Bureaucracy: The Factory Social Order

The Divided Workforce as a Social Fact

The Official Patron-Client Network

Cliques and Factions

Instrumental-Personal Ties

A Comparative Perspective

6. Maoist Asceticism: The Failed Revitalization

Maoism as a Revitalization Movement

Trends in Real Wages and Living Standards

The Inequities of Wage Austerity

The Emergence of Indulgent Patterns of Authority

The Expanding Scope of Instrumental-Personal Ties

The Decline of Work Groups

The Unintended Consequences of Revitalization

From Asceticism to Paternalism: Changes in the Wake of Maoism

7. From Asceticism to Paternalism
The Restriction of Moral-Political Mobilization

Recasting the Political Standards

The Redefinition of Activism

The Changing Role of the Party

Continuities in the Pattern of Dependence

The Evolving Institutional Culture

8. Theoretical Reflections
The Structure of Communist Societies
Social Stability and Legitimacy in Communist States
The Varieties of Modern Industrial Authority

The Evolution of Communist Societies

Appendix A: The Hong Kong Interviews: An Essay on Method

Appendix B: List of Informants

Bibliography

Index