Chinese Occupational Welfare in Market Transition

Based on a case-study carried out in the southern city of Guangzhou in China, this book describes in compelling details the dramatic changes occurring at a large state-owned enterprise as this socialist country undergoes market transition. Its shows how these changes have led to the dismantling of the "iron rice bowl," the transformation of the socialist work unit and the life of its members, and the creation of a new model of occupational welfare.