Overview
- Engages Foucault's work on governmentality to understand Chinese society
- Shows how worker activism is influenced by the Chinese Communist Party’s approach of thought management
- Brings a new voice to the debate of Chinese politics and labor movements by engaging with Foucault’s work
Part of the book series: Palgrave Debates in Business History (PDBH)
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About this book
This book engages with Foucault’s theoretical works to understand the (re-) making of the working-class in China. In so doing, the author applies Foucault’s genealogical (historicalization) method to explore the ways the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) develop Chinese governmentality (or government of mentalities) among everyday workers in its thought management system. Through the investigation of the key events in Chinese history, she presents how China’s stable political party is sustained through the CCP’s ability to retain, update and incorporate many Confucian discourses into its contemporary form of thought management system using social networks, such as families and schools, to continuously (re-) shape workers’ consciousness into one that maintains their docility.
This book will bring a new voice to the debate of Chinese working-class politics and labour movements. It will serve as a gateway to comprehensive knowledge about China for students andacademics with interests in Chinese employment relations, Chinese politics, labourist activist culture, and social movements.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Elly Leung is a research officer at the University of Western Australia. Since completing the doctoral thesis that explored how workers’ consciousness and mentalities were (re-) shaped by the State in China, her writings have appeared in various books and journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The (Re)Making of the Chinese Working Class
Book Subtitle: Labor Activism and Passivity in China
Authors: Elly Leung
Series Title: Palgrave Debates in Business History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83313-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83312-1Published: 19 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83315-2Published: 19 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83313-8Published: 18 September 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-4362
Series E-ISSN: 2662-4370
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 182
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Management, Asian Business, Political Sociology, Sociology of Work, Labor History, Asian Politics