Dialectics of Chinese Labor

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Dialectics of Chinese Labor : Trade Unions Under Market Socialism

Edited by: Immanuel Ness

The Dialectics of Chinese Labor examines China’s trade union adaptation to the changing demands of the working class. For nearly 50 years, market socialism is transforming China from a rural to an urban economy, posing significant challenges to China’s trade union federation (ACFTU). The labor federation has skilfully reshaped its organizing strategies...

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The Dialectics of Chinese Labor examines China’s trade union adaptation to the changing demands of the working class. For nearly 50 years, market socialism is transforming China from a rural to an urban economy, posing significant challenges to China’s trade union federation (ACFTU). The labor federation has skilfully reshaped its organizing strategies to respond to workers’ new material realities. This book counters the monolithic position that devalues ACFTU by using direct evidence to reveal its commitment and determination to improve wages and working conditions across the industrial, service, digital and rural sectors of the Chinese economy.

About Author

Immanuel Ness, PhD, is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. His books, academic articles and edited volumes focus on workers, trade unions and labor movements, migration, and economic imperialism. He is the author of eight books, including Migration as Economic Imperialism (Polity, 2023). Ness is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Labor and Society, a peer-reviewed academic journal of global labour and social movements.

Book Overview

- Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brill
- Publication date ‏ : ‎ 28 May 2026
- Language ‏ : ‎ English
- Print length ‏ : ‎ 244 pages
- ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9004765581
- ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9004765580
- Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 358 g
- Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.5 x 5.08 x 23.5 cm
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- Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Book
- Part of series ‏ : ‎ Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work