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To empower or constrain? How emergent interest representation transformed workers’ collective action in South China

Capital & Class

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Abstract

Capital & Class, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 47-65, March 2026.
It is commonly assumed that the best way to strengthen workers’ voice in authoritarian contexts such as China is through the institutionalisation of collective interest representation. This article argues that this assumption oversimplifies and ...