Abstract
As China moves from a state economy to a market economy, how do people obtain jobs? On the surface, it is a shift from a system where the state assigned people to job slots, to a situation in which people scramble on their own to attain positions. In reality, interpersonal and interorganizational relations have helped people find jobs in both the state and the market systems. 1 In this chapter I consider the use of connections in China to obtain jobs, and its implications for the analysis of occupational attainment, occupational mobility, and social stratification.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Networks in the Global Village |
| Subtitle of host publication | Life in Contemporary Communities |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 255-278 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429967269 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780813368214 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
