Communist Neo-Traditionalism: Work and Authority in Chinese Industry
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The Party-State and the Working Class The Party-State and the Working Class
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The Political Organization of the Factory The Political Organization of the Factory
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The “foreman's Empire” on the Shop Floor The “foreman's Empire” on the Shop Floor
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The Chinese Work Group System The Chinese Work Group System
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Group Leaders as Political Brokers Group Leaders as Political Brokers
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Work Group Organization Work Group Organization
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Work Group Incentive Practices Work Group Incentive Practices
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Stalinist and Maoist Mobilization: A Comparison Stalinist and Maoist Mobilization: A Comparison
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Soviet and Chinese Experiences with Political Mobilization Soviet and Chinese Experiences with Political Mobilization
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Differing Soviet and Chinese Concepts of Mass Mobilization Differing Soviet and Chinese Concepts of Mass Mobilization
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3. The Party-state in the Factory
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Published:18 August 1988
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Abstract
This chapter is concerned with the organizational characteristics that give the communist state the capacity to shape worker political association and activity in distinctive ways. Corporatism ideally seeks to manage the associated conflicts for the good of the nation; communism seeks to reorganize society in such a way that private interest groups cannot find organized expression or even a clear social identity. The Chinese party-state is represented in the factory by two organizations that shape political relationships and interests right down to the shop floor. The discretion exercised jointly by the shop director and party branch secretary appears to be a throwback to the foreman's empire of the contracting era of factory production in many parts of the world. The chapter then compares Stalinist and Maoist mobilization. The Chinese party appears genuinely to have viewed the moral cultivation of citizens as the only effective way to generate commitment and obedience.
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