China Perspectives · 2011 · 10 citations · 1 references
Social SciencesSociologyLabor RelationsSocial HistorySocial MovementsActivismMovement EmergenceSocial ChangeSocial ClassSocial Movement TheoryWorkers' MovementsLabor Protest MovementsPeasant MobilizationSocial Movement HistoryWorking-class CommunitiesWorking-class FormationWorking-class Identity FormationWorking-class Political MobilizationWorking-class Politics
The strikes that shook the factories of the Pearl River Delta in 2010 revealed the emergence of a new generation of workers of peasant origin. Better educated and more demanding than their parents, they used new communication techniques to launch a movement that borrowed from the protest repertoire developed over the last decade. Despite this, it cannot really be said that a social movement has emerged.
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