ABSTRACT
China's basic work units, collectively known as the danwei system, have undergone significant reform, particularly since 1984. The author examines how this system operates and how reform is generating change in the party at grassroots level.
The author demonstrates how China's post-Mao reforms have produced a quiet revolution from below as the process of political and economic liberalization has accelerated. This book presents new research findings that will be invaluable to those wishing to understand the nature of change in China.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |28 pages
Reshaping state and society relations
chapter |9 pages
Introduction
chapter |17 pages
A quiet revolution from below
part |80 pages
Depoliticisation: diminishing party controls
chapter |34 pages
The reform of the enterprise leadership structure
chapter |24 pages
The party's organisational reform
chapter |20 pages
Withering of the party's industrial apparatus
part |51 pages
De-statisation: an analysis of the wage structure
chapter |23 pages
The dynamics of the industrial wage reform
chapter |26 pages
The politics of the industrial wage reform
part |69 pages
De-statisation: an ownership and organisational analysis