The Rule of Law in China: If They Build It, Who Will Come?

中国越来越多地使用劳动和就业法，为研究法律动员问题提供了一个极好的窗口。本项目采用多种研究方法研究中国工人的法律动员，以捕捉中国劳动人口的法律知识、态度和实践的总体状况，以及劳动争议解决制度的微观过程和结果。一项关于劳动法的“知识、态度和实践”调查将在中国五个城市进行。这项调查将提供关于合法动员的人口特征的非常需要的资料，并提供跨区域比较的机会。对劳动争议解决制度的更集中的研究将考察三个城市的争议解决模式。本研究将个案分析与对争议当事人的深入访谈相结合。该项目还为美国的辩论提供信息，包括法律发展与民主化之间的联系。

The growing use of labor and employment law in China provides an excellent window on questions of legal mobilization. This project studies the legal mobilization of Chinese workers using diverse research methods in order to capture both the general state of legal knowledge, attitudes and practice among China's working population and the micro-level processes and outcomes of the labor dispute resolution system. A "knowledge, attitude, and practice" survey regarding labor law will be conducted in five Chinese cities. This survey will provide much needed information on the demographic characteristics of the legally mobilized as well as provide opportunity for cross-regional comparisons. A more focused study on the labor dispute resolution system will examine patterns of dispute resolution in three cities. This research will combine case analysis with in-depth interviewing of disputants. The project also informs debates in the United States, including the connection between legal development and democratization.