China's workers have been transformed by the transition to capitalism. Sally Sargeson presents a new theoretical analysis of the impact of capitalism and state power on social identities, employment conditions and workplace organization. Her study draws upon an unprecedented level of empirical research from case studies of the labour market and employment conditions in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province. The book will interest students of Chinese political economy, socialist transition, working class formation and the representation of collective identity.

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SALLY SARGESON is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Murdoch University, Western Australia. She has been studying China's political economy since she first enrolled at Xiamen University as an anthropology student in 1985. Since then, she has completed a PhD at Murdoch University, been a Research Fellow at Zhejiang University, and an Exchange Scholar at Harvard University. She has published in the areas of labour reforms and industrial relations in China, and property rights reforms.

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Preface Acknowledgements PART I: THEORISING CHINA'S PROLETARIAT Introduction Reforming the Proletariat Placing the Proletariat PART II: EXPERIENCES AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF WAGED WORK Recruitment: Segmenting Class Productive Architecture Labour Processes A Cipher of Class: the Wage Labour Bargain PART III: LABOURS OF REPRESENTATION Neighbourhood Identities, Neighbourhood Dispositions Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index