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Toleration

Group Governance in a Chinese Third Line Enterprise

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Chao Chen

    1. Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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  • Explores in-depth the under-researched topic of Chinese Third Line workers
  • Focuses on the micro-group production process within the factory
  • Summarizes the industrial relations of the Third Line enterprise as toleration distinguishing it from state-owned enterprises in urban areas

Part of the book series: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society (NPCPS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 1-27

  3. The Third Line Construction and Jinjiang Factory

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 29-41

  4. The Context of Toleration (1): Isolated Life in Jinjiang Factory

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 43-67

  5. The Context of Toleration (2): Interconnected Social Networks

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 69-97

  6. The Context of Toleration (3): Workers’ Control on Production

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 99-114

  7. Toleration in Practice (1): The Phenomenon of Absenteeism

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 115-124

  8. Toleration in Practice (2): The Governance of Absenteeism

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 125-150

  9. Conclusion

    • Chao Chen
    Pages 151-159

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 161-167
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About this book

This book uncovers the mysterious social and political structures of China's "Third Front," the large state-sponsored development of inland China during the late Maoist period. This movement gave birth to a few important industrial bases such as Panzhihua and Liupanshui and had significant impact on megacities such as Lanzhou, Wuhan, and Chongqing. Yet, this is scarcely known to the West and even the younger generation of Chinese. Chen explores the ways that new industrial structures and hierarchies were created and operated, using political and sociological methodologies to understand what is distinctive in the history of the Chinese corporation. This book will be of immense interest to political scientists, sociologists, China scholars, and researchers of alternative economic structures.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

    Chao Chen

About the author

Chao Chen, with a PhD from the National University of Singapore, is a rising scholar based at Xiamen University's Institute of Taiwan Research. Specializing in state and society relations, comparative political economy, and qualitative methods, Chen is a name to watch. 

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