Doing Labor Activism in South China

Name: Doing Labor Activism in South China
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Doing Labor Activism in South ChinaThe Complicity of Uncertainty\nAuthor(s): Darcy Pan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367406752, 978-0367406752\nSynopsis\nHow did labor NGOs come into existence in contemporary China? How do labor activists act or not act when the limits of state tolerance are unclear? With a focus on labor NGOs in South China and Western funding agencies, this book sets out to address these questions by investigating the dynamics of state control in post-socialist China since the 1970s, in which rapid economic and social transformations have cultivated an environment of uncertainty. \n\nTaking uncertainty as an analytical space, productive of emergent practices and discourses, this book draws on original fieldwork and interviews to study the lived experiences of different actors throughout the labor NGO community, the foreign donors trying to bring about change, and the networks of social rel.