Working Class Formation in Taiwan: Fractured Solidarity in State-Owned Enterprises, 1945-2012

Ming-sho Ho

ISBN 10: 1137404760 / ISBN 13: 9781137404763

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 figures, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSC; JHBL; JPWL; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448. . 2014. 2014th Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Working Class Formation in Taiwan: Fractured Solidarity in State-Owned Enterprises, 1945-2012
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137404760
• ISBN 13: 9781137404763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book offers a fresh look at Taiwan's state workers in from the postwar period to the present day and examines the rise and fall of labor insurgency in the past two decades. Challenging the conventional image of docile working class, it unearths a series of workers resistance, hidden and public, in a high authoritarian era.

About the Author

Ming-sho Ho is Professor of Sociology at National Taiwan University, Taiwan.