Edited by:
Bernard Thomann, University of Sorbonne - National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France
Gilles Guiheux, Paris Diderot University, France
Edited by:
Bernard Thomann, University of Sorbonne - National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France
Gilles Guiheux, Paris Diderot University, France
The Japanese economy’s industrial and occupational structure changed drastically during the high growth period. These structural changes were strongly influenced by the flow of junior high school graduates fro...
Research on the labor process was initiated by the American economist Harry Braverman in the 1970s. This theory has been the main departure point for sociological research on labor issues in China. Since the b...
The development of China domestic services sector relies on a gendered labour regime that is also at the basis of the country rapid economic growth. Domestic workers face many obstacles at defending their righ...
After 1945, unionization, the introduction of a new wage system, a huge effort by experts to understand the social and biological lives of miners and their families, the introduction of a new form of solidarit...
Following the postwar reconstruction period, Japan enjoyed rapid economic growth from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. During those years, Japanese companies, mainly manufacturers, established the Japanese-styl...
This paper considers the issue of labor and labor regimes in China from a micro angle. It aims at identifying how individuals in today’s China relate to work and labor after the « thirty glorious years » of bo...