Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry

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ISBN: 9780520064706 | 0520064704
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Copyright: 8/1/1988

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Based on official Chinese sources as well as intensive interviews with Hong Kong residents formerly employed in mainland factories, Andrew Walder's neo-traditional image of communist society in China will be of interest not only to those concerned with China and other communist countries, but also to students of industrial relations and comparative social science.

List of Maps	p. x
List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Communist Neo-Traditionalism: An Introductory Essay	p. 1
The Neo-Traditional Image of Communist Society	p. 2
Communist Neo-Traditionalism as a Type-Concept	p. 8
Social and Economic Dependence on the Enterprise	p. 14
Political Dependence on Management	p. 17
Personal Dependence on Superiors	p. 20
The Institutional Culture of Authority	p. 22
Precis of the Analysis	p. 27
The Factory as an Institution: Life Chances in a Status Society	p. 28
The Transition to a Communist Pattern	p. 30
Demographic Problems and the Administrative Response	p. 35
Status Groups in the Labor Force	p. 39
The Supply and Allocation of State Sector Jobs	p. 56
Social and Economic Aspects of the Employment Relationship	p. 59
Labor Mobility and Dependence on the Enterprise	p. 68
Mobility and Life Chances in the Enterprise	p. 76
The Structured Dependence of the Enterprise Community	p. 81
The Party-State in the Factory	p. 85
The Party-State and the Working Class	p. 86
The Political Organization of the Factory	p. 88
The "Foreman's Empire" on the Shop Floor	p. 95
The Chinese Work Group System	p. 102
Stalinist and Maoist Mobilization: A Comparison	p. 113
Principled Particularism: Moral and Political Aspects of Authority	p. 123
Social Ties in Ideological Groups	p. 125
From Ideological Orientation to Principled Particularism	p. 130
Biaoxian and the Flexibility of Rewards and Punishments	p. 132
Worker Responses to Moral-Political Authority	p. 143
The Substantive Ambiguity of Biaoxian	p. 160
Clientelist Bureaucracy: The Factory Social Order	p. 162
The Divided Workforce as a Social Fact	p. 166
The Official Patron-Client Network	p. 170
Cliques and Factions	p. 175
Instrumental-Personal Ties	p. 179
A Comparative Perspective	p. 186
Maoist Asceticism: The Failed Revitalization	p. 190
Maoism as a Revitalization Movement	p. 191
Trends in Real Wages and Living Standards	p. 194
The Inequities of Wage Austerity	p. 201
The Emergence of Indulgent Patterns of Authority	p. 205
The Expanding Scope of Instrumental-Personal Ties	p. 210
The Decline of Work Groups	p. 212
The Unintended Consequences of Revitalization	p. 219
From Asceticism to Paternalism: Changes in the Wake of Maoism	p. 222
From Asceticism to Paternalism	p. 224
The Restriction of Moral-Political Mobilization	p. 227
Recasting the Political Standards	p. 229
The Redefinition of Activism	p. 233
The Changing Role of the Party	p. 235
Continuities in the Pattern of Dependence	p. 237
The Evolving Institutional Culture	p. 238
Theoretical Reflections	p. 242
The Structure of Communist Societies	p. 243
Social Stability and Legitimacy in Communist States	p. 246
The Varieties of Modern Industrial Authority	p. 249
The Evolution of Communist Societies	p. 251
The Hong Kong Interviews: An Essay on Method	p. 255
List of Informants	p. 270
Bibliography	p. 273
Index	p. 295
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