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Authoritarian Legality in China - Law, Workers, and the State (Paperback) Loot Price: R739
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Authoritarian Legality in China - Law, Workers, and the State (Paperback): Mary E. Gallagher

Authoritarian Legality in China - Law, Workers, and the State (Paperback)

Mary E. Gallagher

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Can authoritarian regimes use democratic institutions to strengthen and solidify their rule? The Chinese government has legislated some of the most protective workplace laws in the world and opened up the judicial system to adjudicate workplace conflict, emboldening China's workers to use these laws. This book examines these patterns of legal mobilization, showing which workers are likely to avail themselves of these new protections and find them effective. Gallagher finds that workers with high levels of education are far more likely to claim these new rights and be satisfied with the results. However, many others, left disappointed with the large gap between law on the books and law in reality, reject the courtroom for the streets. Using workers' narratives, surveys, and case studies of protests, Gallagher argues that China's half-hearted attempt at rule of law construction undermines the stability of authoritarian rule. New workplace rights fuel workers' rising expectations, but a dysfunctional legal system drives many workers to more extreme options, including strikes, demonstrations and violence.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2017
Authors: Mary E. Gallagher
Dimensions: 227 x 151 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-44448-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
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LSN: 1-107-44448-9
Barcode: 9781107444485

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