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Tripartite consultation: an emergent form of governance shaping employment relations in China
Author(s) -
Shao Sijun,
Nyland Chris,
Zhu Cherrie Jiuhua
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2011.00635.x
Subject(s) - dynamism , china , gradualism , experimentalism , institutionalisation , autonomy , corporate governance , political science , economic system , public administration , political economy , sociology , economics , law , management , epistemology , paleontology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
This article examines China's approach to industrial consultation by examining six tripartite bodies at the national, provincial and county levels. It argues that the institutionalisation of tripartitism is consistent with China's overall approach to market reform being characterised by experimentalism, gradualism, dynamism and a gradual softening of party domination. Despite limitations, it is accepted that China is building a transition tripartite system that is bolstering the autonomy and representational capacity of the social partners.