Professor ANDREAS BIELER andreas.bieler@nottingham.ac.uk
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
Exploitation and resistance: a comparative analysis of the Chinese cheap labour electronics and high-value added IT sectors.
Bieler, Andreas; Lee, Chun-Yi
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Dr CHUN-YI LEE Chun-yi.Lee@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Abstract
This article compares the electronics sector in the area of Shenzhen, based on cheap labour assembling goods for export, with the IT sector in the area of Shanghai, relying on a more skilled workforce manufacturing high-value added goods. It is asked in what way these rather different locations within the global political economy condition the form and contents of resistance in these two sectors. The article concludes that industrial relations are more confrontational in the electronics sector with informal labour NGOs supporting workers in getting their individual and collective rights. The IT sector, in contrast, is characterised by consensual relationships. Informal labour NGOs concentrate on organising cultural activities for workers’ free time, performing a mediating role between employers and employees, supported by the government.
Citation
Bieler, A., & Lee, C.-Y. (2017). Exploitation and resistance: a comparative analysis of the Chinese cheap labour electronics and high-value added IT sectors. Globalizations, 14(2), 202-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2016.1204698
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 18, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 15, 2016 |
Publication Date | Feb 23, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Jun 23, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 15, 2016 |
Journal | Globalizations |
Print ISSN | 1474-7731 |
Electronic ISSN | 1474-774X |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 202-215 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2016.1204698 |
Keywords | Chinese form of state; Electronic sector; Informal labour NGOs; Pearl River Delta; Yangtze River Delta |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/800721 |
Publisher URL | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2016.1204698 |
Contract Date | Jun 23, 2016 |
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