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The Knowledge to Act: Political Process, Informal Organization and the Emerging Migrant Labor Movement in China

Description:

This dissertation investigates the rise in Chinese labor protests by intra-national migrant workers (nongmingong), a growing demographic of Chinese labor. Through data gathered during 13 months of field research in Beijing, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta from 2007-2008, I...

Author:

Becker, Jeffrey Douglas

Keyword:

social ties, contention, China, migrant labor, and protest

GW Unit:

Political Science

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Dickson, Bruce J.

Committee Member(s):

Brettell, Anna, Teitelbaum, Emmanuel J., Shambaugh, David L., and Morgan, Kimberly

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation