Chinese Journal of Sociology ›› 2010, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 101-115.

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Fragile Solidarity: A Case Analysis of the Riot Chain in Tai Xing Factory

Author:Huang Yan,School of Public Administration,South China Normal University   

  1. Author:Huang Yan,School of Public Administration,South China Normal University
  • Online:2010-03-20 Published:2010-03-20
  • Supported by:

    Project suppoted by Ministry of Education 2009 Humanities and Social Sciences Fund(09YJC840017).

Abstract:

Globalization has been changing China’s industry structure and capitallabor relations. Working in a large number of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), millions of migrant workers are faced with dual repression from foreign capital and local governments. However, these workers’ survival struggle is a weak one. From a microlevel perspective, this paper analyzes the reasons of the emergence of the resistance and the social structure for the escalation of the riot. The social origins of the failures or abatement of these struggles are uncovered in response to the observations by other scholars at home and abroad.

Key words: macro tax burden, subjective well-being, social class, redistribution, fragile solidarity ,  globalization ,  labor politics