The Danwei: Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical and Comparative Perspective: Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical and Comparative Perspective (Socialism and Social Movements)

The danwei, or work unit, occupies a central place in Chinese society. To understand Chinese politics demands a better understanding of this system. This volume provides a systematic study of the danwei system and addresses a variety of questions from historical and comparative perspectives. Introduction : The Changing Chinese Workplace In Historical And Comparative Perspective / Xiaobo Lü And Elizabeth J. Perry -- Minor Public Economy : The Revolutionary Origins Of The Danwei / Xiaobo Lü -- From Native Place To Workplace : Labor Origins And Outcomes Of China's Danwei System / Elizabeth J. Perry -- The Republican Origins Of The Danwei : The Case Of Shanghai's Bank Of China / Wen-hsin Yeh -- Chinese Danwei Reforms : Convergence With The Japanese Model? / Anita Chan -- The Russian Village In The City And The Stalinist System Of Enterprise Management : The Origins Of Worker Alienation In Soviet State Socialism / Rudra Sil -- The Soviet Factory As Community Organizer / Kenneth M. Straus -- Danwei : The Economic Foundations Of A Unique Institution / Barry Naughton -- The Impact Of The Floating Population On The Danwei : Shifts In The Patterns Of Labor Mobility Control And Entitlement Provision / Dorothy J. Solinger -- Work Units And Housing Reform In Two Chinese Cities / Yanjie Bian, John R. Logan, Hanlong Lu, Yunkang Pan, And Ying Guan. Edited By Xiaobo Lü And Elizabeth J. Perry. An East Gate Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Contributors 9 Introduction: The Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical and Comparative Perspective 13 Part I. Danwei in Historical Perspective 29 1. Minor Public Economy: The Revolutionary Origins of the Danwei 31 2. From Native Place to Workplace: Labor Origins and Outcomes of China's Danwei System 52 3. Republican Origins of the Danwei: The Case of Shanghai's Bank of China 70 Part II. Danwei in Comparative Perspective 99 4. Chinese Danwei Reforms: Convergence with the Japanese Model? 101 5. The Russian MVillage in the City” and the Stalinist System of Enterprise Management: The Origins of Worker Alienation in Soviet State Socialism 124 6. The Soviet Factory as Community Organizer 152 Part III. Danwei Under Reform 177 7. Danwei : The Economic Foundations of a Unique Institution 179 8. The Impact of the Floating Population on the Danwei : Shifts in the Patterns of Labor Mobility Control and Entitlement Provision 205 9. Work Units and Housing Reform in Two Chinese Cities 233 Index 261