List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction State-Socialist Trade Unions in the Transition to a ‘Socialist Market Economy’ The Challenge of Worker Activism Traditional Trade Unions Adapting to New Conditions The Limits and Possibilities of Trade Unions in Transition Labour Activism and the Reform of Trade Unions References Index

TIM PRINGLE has been researching labour relations in Asia since 1996 with particular attention to China. He has lived in China and Hong Kong for twelve years during which time he collaborated with colleagues and comrades from the academic, activist and trade union communities.
 
SIMON CLARKE is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. Since 1990 he has been researching labour and trade unions in the former state socialist countries, in collaboration with colleagues in those countries and with national and international trade union and labour organizations.