Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

CHAPTER ONE
Introduction

CHAPTER TWO
Contagious Capitalism

FDI as Competitive Pressure

FDI and Laboratories for Change

FDI and Ideological Change

“Opening Up” in Comparative Perspective

Conclusion

CHAPTER THREE
Blurring Boundaries

Chapter Overview

FDI in China

The Evolution of Foreign Ownership

“Letting Go The Small:” FDI and the Sale of SOEs: 1992–

Competitive Liberalization and Its Effects

Conclusion

CHAPTER FOUR
The Unmitigated Market

Policy Liberalization and Labor Flexibility

Chinese Firms under Socialism, Pre-1978

The Era of Partial Reform, 1978–1992

Contagious Capitalism, 1992–

Contracts and Employment Insecurity

Management Domination over or Suppression of Worker Organizations

Conclusion

CHAPTER FIVE
“Use the Law as Your Weapon!”

China’s Turn to the Rule of Law

Labor and Legal Institutionalization

The Labor Contract System

The National Labor Law

Rising Conflict: Labor Disputes in the 1990s

Labor Disputes in Comparative Perspective

Trends in PRC Labor Disputes

Labor Conflict and Foreign Investment

Conclusion

CHAPTER SIX
From State-owned to National Industry

Giving Up on Socialism

Developmentalism in Practice: From the Center to the Firm

Conclusion

CONCLUSION
The Contradiction of “Reform and Openness”

APPENDIX
Firms and Interviews

Notes

Bibliography

Index