{"product_id":"from-iron-rice-bowl-to-sarosh-kuruvilla-9780801450242","title":"From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the thirty years since the opening of China's economy, China's economic growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. At the same time, however, its employment relations system has undergone a gradual but fundamental transformation from stable and permanent employment with good benefits (often called the iron rice bowl), to a system characterized by highly precarious employment with no benefits for about 40 percent of the population. Similar transitions have occurred in other countries, such as Korea, although perhaps not at such a rapid pace as in China. This shift echoes the move from \"breadwinning\" careers to contingent employment in the postindustrial United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFrom Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization\u003c\/i\u003e, an interdisciplinary group of authors examines the nature, causes, and consequences of informal employment in China at a time of major changes in Chinese society. This book provides a guide to the evolving dynamics among workers, unions, NGOs, employers, and the state as they deal with the new landscape of insecure employment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Fang Cai, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Baohua Dong, East China University of Politics and Law; Mark W. Frazier, University of Oklahoma; Mary E. Gallagher, University of Michigan; Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University; Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA; Kun-Chin Lin, King's College, London; Mingwei Liu, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Albert Park, University of Oxford; Yuan Shen, Tsinghua University; Sarah Swider, Wayne State University; Lu Zhang, Temple University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarosh Kuruvilla\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801450241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801450242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ILR Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Sarosh Kuruvilla","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059730444543,"sku":"9780801450242","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fed435b8-2339-41c4-9794-aa619f92f6d5.jpg?v=1685059989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-iron-rice-bowl-to-sarosh-kuruvilla-9780801450242","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}