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Workers’ Refusal to Consent

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Hegemonic Transformation

Part of the book series: Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies ((Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies))

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This chapter analyzes the radical workers who are quite unsusceptible to legal hegemony. The labor law system fails to shape their worldviews or actions in favor of capital accumulation ; they have formulated radical challenges to both the capitalist economy and the party-state .

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  1. School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University, 501B‚ Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Elaine Sio-ieng Hui

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Hui, Ei. (2018). Workers’ Refusal to Consent. In: Hegemonic Transformation. Series in Asian Labor and Welfare Policies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50429-6_6

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