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China and the Internationalisation of the Sociology of Contemporary Work and Employment

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  • Eleonore Kofman

    (Middlesex University London, UK)

  • Maggy Lee

    (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

  • Tommy Tse

    (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

The China e-Special Issue brings together 11 articles on the sociology of contemporary work and employment in China which have been published in WES in the past two decades, highlighting the increasing frequency of submissions, and also reflecting the diversity, complexity and plurality of work and employment in the region. The foci of debates include the changing fault lines of work and employment; the changing relationships between state, employers and workers; the impact of rural to urban migration and urbanisation on the labour process and employment configurations; the interrelations between production and social reproduction and its gendered dimensions; and the need to develop established methodologies further given the changing nature of the research subject.

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  • Eleonore Kofman & Maggy Lee & Tommy Tse, 2023. "China and the Internationalisation of the Sociology of Contemporary Work and Employment," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 37(4), pages 1070-1086, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:37:y:2023:i:4:p:1070-1086
    DOI: 10.1177/09500170211059420
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    1. Daniel Fuchs & Patricia Fuk-Ying Tse & Xiaojun Feng, 2019. "Labour research under coercive authoritarianism: Comparative reflections on fieldwork challenges in China," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 40(1), pages 132-155, February.
    2. Vanessa Beck & Paul Brook & Bob Carter & Ian Clark & Andy Danford & Nik Hammer & Shireen Kanji & Melanie Simms, 2016. "Work, employment and society sans frontières: extending and deepening our reach," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 30(2), pages 211-219, April.
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