White-Collar Migrants in Coastal Chinese Cities

A decade ago, authors studied blue-collar workers and the new factory regimes replacing the declining danwei system/5' More recent works deal with white-collar workers: sales clerks in department stores, hotel employees, professionals such as engineers and lawyers, or semi-independent workers s...

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Published in:China perspectives 2010-10 (4), p.48
Main Authors: Guiheux, Gilles, Zalio, Pierre-Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Careers
Cities
Entrepreneurs
Informal economy
Interviews
Labor market
Self employment
Service industries
Sociology
Urbanization
White collar workers
Working conditions
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Summary:A decade ago, authors studied blue-collar workers and the new factory regimes replacing the declining danwei system/5' More recent works deal with white-collar workers: sales clerks in department stores, hotel employees, professionals such as engineers and lawyers, or semi-independent workers such as insurance sales agents/6' Majors themes of these studies are the decline of state authority in the workplace, the alienation of workers, the gender identities or the flexible meanings and experiences of "localism," "community," and "class." (7) Lisa Hoffman
ISSN:2070-3449
1996-4617