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Guanxi and Job Mobility in the Socialist Transformation / Li, Tian ; Tian, Felicia F

Tian Li, Felicia F. Tian	Journal Article
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Using tobacco industry workers’ applications for Wuhu General Labor Union (蕪湖總工會 wuhu zong gonghui), this article examines the role of guanxi (關係) in job searches before and after the socialist transformation in the early 1950s. We reject the conventional view that guanxi was extensively used in the early socialist system. Rather, guanxi, particularly kin ties, was vital for obtaining good jobs before the socialist transformation, but its role was sharply restricted after the job assignment system was established in the early 1950s. This system was particularly advantageous for workers who were young and female and lacked appropriate guanxi to access good jobs. These findings suggest that a more accurate understanding of the early socialist period would enrich the debate about the role of guanxi in market reform.

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Socialist Transformation ; Guanxi

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Origins of the general line for the transition period and of th / Jianhui, Liu; Hongxu, Wang

Jianhui, Liu	Journal Article
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2006.

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The Sixth Plenary of the 11th Party Congress in 1981 gave a positive assessment on the transition period and the acceleration of the Chinese socialist transformation in the 1950s. Since 1987 China has witnessed active academic debates on the assessment and some contrary views have emerged. There was a sharp controversy between Mao Zedong and Deng Zihui in 1955 about the pace of transformation in agriculture and the result had a significant impact on the whole socialist transformation. The decision-making process coloured by a cult of Mao in the CCP was an important element in the origins of the major events taking place afterwards.

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China ; Socialist Transformation ; Transition, 1955

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