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The studies in this volume dismiss the myth of the quiescent East Asian worker. Worker activism is not fully explained by familiar models of class consciousness; educational aspirations, family pressures, gender roles, state directives, native-place origins, and clientelist networks have proven as decisive as class consciousness in shaping the behavior of East Asian workers. These workers appear to have been more consumed with the politics of "place" than with a "class" struggle to further their interests.
The studies in this volume dismiss the myth of the quiescent East Asian worker. Worker activism is not fully explained by familiar models of class consciousness; educational aspirations, family pressures, gender roles, state directives, native-place origins, and clientelist networks have proven a...
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Elizabeth J. Perry is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. She has also served as professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley.Education: B.A. Hobart and William Smith College, Ph.D. University of Michigan
Elizabeth J. Perry is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. She has also served as professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley.Education: B.A. Hobart and William Smith College, Ph.D. University of Michigan
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