China's new underclass : paid domestic labour /

Despite economic development in China in the last 30 years producing a domestic service industry, domestic workers are in a very precarious situation in terms of working and living conditions. This book looks at China's economic transition from a socialist, centrally planned economy to a market-orie...

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Main Author:	Hu, Xinying
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:	Routledge contemporary China series ; 73.
Subjects:	Women household employees > China. Women household employees > China > Economic conditions. Household employees > China. Women household employees. Women household employees > Economic conditions. Household employees. China.
Summary:	Despite economic development in China in the last 30 years producing a domestic service industry, domestic workers are in a very precarious situation in terms of working and living conditions. This book looks at China's economic transition from a socialist, centrally planned economy to a market-oriented economy.