Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong Class Processes in a Neolibe
Based on numerous qualitative interviews, this cutting edge book investigates how Hong Kong's economic structure and neoliberal policies have contributed to class inequality in China's global city. Inspired by Bourdieu's approach to class, the author exam
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LABOR AND CLASS IDENTITIES IN HONG KONG CLASS PROCESSES IN A NEOLIBERAL GLOBAL CITY
CHUN WING LEE
Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong
SERIES IN ASIAN LABOR AND WELFARE POLICIES Series Editors: Chris Chan, Dae-oup Chang, Khalid Nadvi Asia has been the new focus of global social sciences. One of the key features for the rise of Asia is the creation of the largest industrial workforce in human history. China, India, and many other newly industrialized countries in Asia have been transformed as “world factories” for global capitalism in the past four decades. This development involves both extensive and intensive migration of labor across Asia. Massive populations in the Asian countries that were formerly involved in traditional self-subsistence activities have become wage laborers. In China itself, more than 260 million rural-urban migrant laborers have been created in the past three decades. The production and reproduction of labor in Asia have therefore become the major research themes in a wide range of disciplines such as gender studies, development studies, policy studies, employment relations, human resource management, economic geography, business studies, legal studies, as well as sociology, politics, and anthropology. This book series is a response to the increasing interest among academics, policy makers, researchers, students, and development agencies for a comprehensive understanding of the labor and welfare problems in Asia. It aims to publish interdisciplinary and cutting-edge research on the questions of labor, migration, and social protections in the region. Published in the series Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong: Class Processes in a Neoliberal Global City Chun Wing Lee
Labor and Class Identities in Hong Kong Class Processes in a Neoliberal Global City Chun Wing Lee
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LABOR AND CLASS IDENTITIES IN HONG KONG
Copyright © Chun Wing Lee 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-51755-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-
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