| ID | 185005 |
| Title Proper | Ethnicity-Based Labor Dynamics in Contemporary China |
| Other Title Information | Case of Ethnic Yi Workers in the Pearl River Delta |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ma, Xinrong ; Xinrong Ma, Yihui Su ; Su, Yihui |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Existing studies have mainly focused on the labor politics of migrant workers but have inadequately accounted for ethnic minority workers, especially with regard to the importance of ethnicity to labor control and resistance. This article focuses on ethnic Yi workers in the Pearl River Delta area of China. By examining the co-ethnic brokerage of ethnic Yi migrant workers, this article illustrates that ethnicity operates in labor control and resistance from three aspects. While ethnicity is used by managers and co-ethnic Yi brokers to implement labor control, it also plays multiple roles in Yi workers’ resistance. Ethnicity is the collective identity forming the Yi workers’ solidarity. Additionally, ethnicity is the instrument used by ethnic Yi brokers to gain their own benefits. Over time, the ethnic interest of group members is compromised by brokers to retain their long-term relationship with factories. Analysis of this complicated picture contributes to the existing studies of labor politics by showing the dynamics of ethnicity in labor control and resistance on the one hand and the complex roles of co-ethnic brokerage on the other hand. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Review Vol. 22, No.2; May 2022: p.227-252 |
| Journal Source | China Review 2022-06 22, 2 |
| Key Words | Pearl River Delta ; Contemporary China ; Ethnicity-Based Labor Dynamics |