Everyday worlds of work and class -- Workers in the gallery : the single-class character of revolutionary politics -- The socialist labor process -- Workplace politics -- The class relationship revisited -- Workers on stage : activists in the revolution -- A second look at the labor process and...

Regional political economy and labor reform -- The roots of unemployment and the political economy of lay-offs -- Remaking China's urban welfare and labor market policies -- Pathways to re-employment -- Contention, protest, and social order -- Conclusion