Subsistence Crises, Managerial Corruption and Labour Protests in China

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Previous articleNext article No AccessSubsistence Crises, Managerial Corruption and Labour Protests in ChinaFeng ChenFeng Chen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The China Journal Volume 44Jul., 2000 Published on behalf of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2667476 Views: 263Total views on this site Citations: 109Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright The China JournalPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Xingyan Chen, Shaohua Zhan Drawn-out Protests in China's Rustbelt: Land Revenue and the Limits to Bargained Authoritarianism, The China Quarterly 31 (Jul 2022): 1–21.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741022000844Baogang He Industrial citizenship, workplace deliberation and participatory management in China: the deliberative polling experiment in a private firm, Journal of Chinese Governance 7, no.33 (Jul 2021): 438–465.https://doi.org/10.1080/23812346.2021.1957606Guangsu Zhou, Lizhong Liu, Yang Song Inequality of opportunity and mass incidents: Evidence from China, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change 30, no.33 (Sep 2021): 465–488.https://doi.org/10.1111/ecot.12313Katherine A. 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