Shall we dance? Welfarist incorporation and the politics of state-labour NGO relations in China

Howell, Jude (2015) Shall we dance? Welfarist incorporation and the politics of state-labour NGO relations in China. China Quarterly, 223. pp. 702-723. ISSN 0305-7410

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State-labour NGOs relations in China have been particularly fraught. In 2012 these took an interesting twist, as some local governments made overtures to labour NGOs to co-operate in providing services to migrant workers. This article argues that this shift is part of a broader strategy of `welfarist incorporation’ to redraw the social contract between state and labour. There are two key elements to this: first, relaxation of the registration regulations for social organisations; second, governmental purchasing of services from social organisations. These overtures have both a state and market logic to maintain social control and stabilise relations of production.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information:	© 2015 The China Quarterly
Divisions:	International Development
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2024 11:15
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 00:50
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124797

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