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KNOWLEDGE WORKERS IN CONTEMPORPB

Autor Jianhua Yao
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 dec 2017
Knowledge Workers in Contemporary China: Reform, and Resistance in the Publishing Industry concentrates on the trajectories of the labor process transformation of knowledge workers, mainly editors, in the Chinese publishing industry. The book focuses on their changing social, economic, and political roles, their dilemma, challenges, and opportunities associated with current social reform, and China's integration into the global political economy. At its core, the book addresses three different yet interrelated processes of the political economy of communication: commodification, structuration, and spatialization in the Chinese publishing industry. It examines whether worker organizations and trade unions are effective in presenting editors' legitimate rights and interests in current publishing reform. Through the political economic analysis of knowledge workers in China's publishing industry, particularly editors, Jianhua Yao attempts to help readers better understand the broader social and economic transformations, specifically the network of power relations and institutional contexts in which Chinese editors are situated, that have been taking place in China since the late 1970s.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780739198513
ISBN-10: 0739198513
Pagini: 204
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

Jianhua Yao received his doctoral degree in sociology from Queen¿s University, Canada, and his research interests include political economy, media and communication, and labor issues.

Cuprins

Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgements¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 List of Tables¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Abbreviation¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Introduction¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.. 000 Knowledge Workers in Chinäs Publishing Industry¿...¿¿¿¿¿¿¿... ...000 Class Consciousness of Knowledge Workers¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Chinese Media Workers and Editors¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Responses and Unions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Research Questions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Methods¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Archival Studies¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Surveys¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Semi-structured Interviews¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 What Makes the Two Publishing Houses Special¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Basic Interview Questions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Supplementary Interviews¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Organization of the Book¿...¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Chapter 1 Political Economy, Media Reform, and Knowledge Workers¿¿¿¿...000 Political Economy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 What Is Political Economy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Central Qualities of Political Economy¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Media Reform¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 The Party Principle and the Propaganda Model¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Media Commodification¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..........000 Media Democratization¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿........000 Knowledge Workers¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Labor and Class Analysis¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Labor and Globalization¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Labor and Unions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Conclusion¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿......000 Chapter 2 The Commodification Process: Publishing Reform in Chinä¿¿¿¿000 The Commodification Process¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Chinäs Media Reform¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Background of the Chinese Media Reform¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..........000 Chinäs Publishing Industry Reform¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Administrative Management of Chinäs Publishing Industry¿¿¿...000 Publishing Industry Laws¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Changes in Chinäs Publishing Industry¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 The Advertising Industry in Chinä¿..¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Precarious Chinese Editors¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Basic Information of the Surveys¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Contingent Employment¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 The Decline of Social Welfare Benefits¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Intense Work Pressure¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Conclusion¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Chapter 3 The Structuration Process: The Five Critical Problems¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 The Five Critical Problems.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Technological Changes in Chinä¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Following the Party Principle in the Media Marketization Process¿¿¿¿¿000 The Rise of Market Competition¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Strict Party Control¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 The Growing Tension within the Propaganda-Commercial Model¿¿.¿000 The Marketization Process in the Social Welfare System¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Changes in the Pension System¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Changes in the Health Care System¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Smashing of the Work-unit System¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 The Inner Division of the Working Class¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Divisions between Editors and Leaders¿¿¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿.000 Inner Divisions of Editors¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Conclusion: Social Changes, Class Relations, and Power Dynamics¿¿¿¿.000 Chapter 4 The Spatialization Process: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Global Division of Labor¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Globalization and the Chinese Publishing Industry.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Transnational Media Corporations in Chinä¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿............000 Chinese Publishing Exports in the Global Media Sphere¿¿¿.¿...........000 Chinese Publishing Conglomerates¿¿...¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...........000 Neoliberalism and Chinese Editors¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 The Twin Modalities of the Neoliberal Governmentality¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Chinäs Accession to the World Trade Organization¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 The Global Division of Labor and Chinese Editors¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 The Emergence of the Global Division of Labor¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 The Impact of the Global Division of Labor on Chinese Editors¿¿¿....000 Conclusion¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Chapter 5 Labor Convergence: Worker Organizations and Trade Unions¿...¿¿..000 Labor Convergence¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Worker Organizations¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 The Publishers Association of Chinä¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 The Publishers Association of Shanghai¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Trade Unions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Trade Unions as ¿Transmission Belts¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 The All-China Federation of Trade Unions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 The Labor Law¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Rethinking of Worker Organizations and Trade Unions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Limitations of Worker Organizations and Trade Unions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Labor Unrest¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Prospects: How to Better Represent Workers¿ Rights and Interests.............000 Technological Developments¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Changes inside the All-China Federation of Trade Unions¿¿¿¿..000 The Emergence of Labor Non-governmental Organizations¿¿¿¿000 Conclusion¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿......000 Conclusion¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿.¿000 Summary of the Book¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.....................000 Contributions of the Book¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Theoretical Significance¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿...000 Methodological Significance¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Substantive Significance¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Suggestions for Future Research¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 References¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Appendix A Original Survey Questions¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.000 Appendix B Interview Outline¿¿¿¿.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿..000 Appendix C Interview Questions for Editors and Union Officials¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000 Appendix D Interview Participants¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿000

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This book concentrates on knowledge workers, mainly editors, in the Chinese publishing industry. The book focuses on their changing social, economic, and political roles; their dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities associated with current social reform; and China's integration into the global political economy.