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This Book Examines The Growing Problem Of Unemployment In China, Investigating The Implications For The Economy, Human Resources And Labour Markets. It Considers A Wide Range Of Important Issues, Including The Macroeconomic Context, The Decline Of State-owned Enterprises, Downsizing, Re-employment Policies, Human Resource Management And Retraining. Finally, It Investigates The Unemployment Problems In Particular Cities, Appraising The Government Response And Assessing The Prospects For The Future.--book Jacket. Setting The Scene: Unemployment In China / Malcolm Warner And Grace O. M. Lee -- Primitive Accumulation, Transition And Unemployment In China / Michael Webber And Zhu Ying -- Urban Unemployment In China: A Background Analysis (1995-2003) / Hu Angang And Sheng Xin -- Unemployment In China And The All-china Federation Of Trade Unions / Ng Sek Hong And Olivia Ip -- Women's Unemployment And Public-sector Restructuring: The Case Of Urban China / Xiaoyuan Dong, Yang Jiangchun, Du Fenglian, And Sai Ding -- Beyond The Iron Rice Bowl: Life Stage And Family Dynamics In Unemployed Chinese Workers / Richard H. Price, Jin Nam Choi, And Sandy Lim -- No Wage And No Land: New Forms Of Unemployment In Rural China / Rachel Murphy And Ran Tao -- Developing Labour Market Policies In China: The Experience Of Shanghai / Grace O.m. Lee And Malcolm Warner -- Active Labour Market Policies In The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region / Grace O.m. Lee And Malcolm Warner -- Unemployment In The Macao Special Administrative Region / Shuming Zhao And Xiangnan Tao -- Steeling For Reform: State-enterprise Restructuring And The Surplus Labor Question / John Hassard, Jonathan Morris, Jackie Sheehan, And Xiao Yuxin -- Downsizing Strategies, Human Resource Management And Organizational Changes In Chinese Enterprises / Shuming Zhao And Yongqiang Liu. Edited By Grace O.m. Lee And Malcolm Warner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.