Introduction: Hyperflexible accumulation – labour, social reproduction and market socialist contradictions

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Authors: Minh Thuận Nguyễn, Jingyu Mao
DOI: 10.51952/9781447379249.int001
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Abstract

Central to the functioning of the socialist market economy has been the party-states' gradual restructuring of labour and welfare regimes.The restructuring aims to meet the demands of marketisation while maintaining the image of the socialist caring state (Chan and Norlund, 1998;

Fields of Study & Subjects

Political Economy and Marxism China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Employment Labor and Gender Studies

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Journal / source
Policy Press eBooks
Pages
1–24
Publication date
15 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter