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Consent and Control in the Authoritarian Workplace: Russia and China Compared by Martin Krzywdzinski
stevia333k's review against another edition
5.0
5 stars, maybe 4.5
I had to use the audiobook because that was more available for me & the text cost too much.
This book is cool, it helps illustrate what was meant by Authoritarianism. It's very much an H.R. book, such as in Bourgeois Dictatorships to say the least. It it's the term communist instead of socialist, which is a bit mislabeled.
I agree that these countries were better under socialism than capitalism. This book gives evidence of that. IDK what the deal with China is, but in Russia they know they're getting screwed.
It's hard to tell how China is dealing. Like China seems better, yet their workers seem to have fewer options. The lower rate of protest in China seems weird. Like if you cut the hands then you'll have less sign language to say the least. But yeah, connecting to that maoist text I read yesterday, it appears the difference would be that in China they still have a lot of nationalism instead of socialism which the cpc was built on.
So I enjoyed it. I was reading to get a vibe of on the ground in these countries, what authoritarianism & consent mean, and have an idea of what my older family members might have dealt with at factories.
I had to use the audiobook because that was more available for me & the text cost too much.
This book is cool, it helps illustrate what was meant by Authoritarianism. It's very much an H.R. book, such as in Bourgeois Dictatorships to say the least. It it's the term communist instead of socialist, which is a bit mislabeled.
I agree that these countries were better under socialism than capitalism. This book gives evidence of that. IDK what the deal with China is, but in Russia they know they're getting screwed.
It's hard to tell how China is dealing. Like China seems better, yet their workers seem to have fewer options. The lower rate of protest in China seems weird. Like if you cut the hands then you'll have less sign language to say the least. But yeah, connecting to that maoist text I read yesterday, it appears the difference would be that in China they still have a lot of nationalism instead of socialism which the cpc was built on.
So I enjoyed it. I was reading to get a vibe of on the ground in these countries, what authoritarianism & consent mean, and have an idea of what my older family members might have dealt with at factories.
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