China's Enterprise Reform: Changing State Society Relations After Mao (Routledge Studies in China in Transition, 3)

China's basic work units, collectively known as the danwei system, have undergone significant reform, particularly since 1984. The author examines how this system operates and how reform is generating change in the party at grassroots level. The author demonstrates how China's post-Mao reforms have produced a quiet revolution from below as the process of political and economic liberalization has accelerated. This book presents new research findings that will be invaluable to those wishing to understand the nature of change in China. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures and tables......Page 9 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Abbreviations......Page 14 Introduction......Page 18 A quiet revolution from below......Page 27 The reform of the enterprise leadership structure......Page 46 The party's organisational reform......Page 80 Withering of the party's industrial apparatus......Page 104 The dynamics of the industrial wage reform......Page 126 The politics of the industrial wage reform......Page 149 Corporatisation and privatisation......Page 178 The construction of a new economic model......Page 207 Concluding remarks......Page 235 Notes......Page 245 Bibliography......Page 262 Index......Page 278 Pt. I. Reshaping State And Society Relations. 1. Introduction. 2. A Quiet Revolution From Below Pt. Ii. Depoliticisation: Diminishing Party Controls. 3. The Reform Of The Enterprise Leadership Structure. 4. The Party's Organisational Reform. 5. Withering Of The Party's Industrial Apparatus Pt. Iii. De Statisation: An Analysis Of The Wage Structure. 6. The Dynamics Of The Industrial Wage Reform. 7. The Politics Of The Industrial Wage Reform Pt. Iv. De Statisation: An Ownership And Organisational Analysis. 8. Corporatisation And Privatisation. 9. The Construction Of A New Economic Model. 10. Concluding Remarks. You Ji. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [247]-262) And Index.