Abstract：This study focuses on the “Third Line” workers, who were secretly located in the remote mountain areas and fully untapped in the studies of Chinese labor politics. It is found that the “Third Line” workers mainly originated from three different groups: the transferred workers, the returned educated youths, and the demobilized soldiers. These three origins served as different labels signifying the common characteristics of each group. In the their daily interactions, these labels were not only closely associated with the workers occupational opportunities in the factory but also shaped their mutual perceptions and attitudes toward one another. As a result, the high degree of isolation gradually shaped the social structure of the “Third Line” workers toward a model of labeled clan. In the light of this unique social structure, I further argue that the once widely accepted organizational dependency of Chinese urban danwei (unit) system needs to be reconsidered.
陈超1著, 周明长2译. 标签化的族群：一个三线企业中的社会结构[J]. 江苏大学学报（社会科学版）, 2018, 20(5): 46-55.
CHEN Chao-1Zhu, Zhou-Ming-Chang-2Yi. A Labeled Clan: the Social Structure of a “Third Line” Enterprise. Journal of Jiangsu University（Social Science Editi, 2018, 20(5): 46-55.
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