China's Trade Unions - How Autonomous Are They?

This book examines the status of trade unions in contemporary China, exploring the degree to which trade unions have been reformed as China is increasingly integrated into the global economy. With a wealth of detailed empirical research data, this book discusses the key question of how autonomous China's trade unions are.

Masaharu Hishida is Professor of Contemporary China Studies and Sociology at Hosei University, Japan. Kojima Kazuko is Assistant Professor on the Doctoral Program in International Public Policy, in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsukuba University, Japan. Tomoaki Ishii is an Associate Professor, in the School of Commerce at Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. Jian Qiao is Dean and Associate Professor in the Department of Labor Relations at the China Institute of Industrial Relations, Beijing, China.

Preface 1. Trade Unions and Corporatism under the Socialist Market Economy in China 2. Direction of Trade Union Reforms and Corporatism in PRC: Based on a Survey of Primary Trade Union Chairmen 3. Between the Party-State, Employers and Workers: Multiple Roles of the Chinese Trade Union during Market Transition 4. The Morphogenesis of the Communist Party of China: Organizational Issues