Labor discontent in China in comparative perspective

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-438

  Solinger, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic liberalization; France; Globalization; Job benefits; Job loss; Labor protest; Labor unions; Mexico; Strikes; Terms of attachment; Unemployement insurance; Unemployment; Worker protest

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR; LIBERALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37049001645     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.48.4.413     Document Type: Article

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