移民创业,非正式经济与地方政治:以广州城郊的服装加工区为例

Migrant Entrepreneurship,Informal Economy and Local Politics

近年来,中国的流动人口内部正在发生显著的社会分化,一部分外出经商人员和从打工者中间成长起来的个体工商户和私营企业主,越来越受到社会和学术界的关注。"移民创业"虽然是跨社会的,具有相当多的政治因素,但本质上是一个经济过程,理解这些移民创业者如何在特定社会语境中开展他们的创业行为是研究的重点。本文关注非正式经济里的移民创业,检视在广州郊区从事地下成衣制造生意的外来企业主的创业活动。田野资料和实证分析表明,在对非正式经济中嵌入的经济利益的分享中,外来创业者和地方社会达成共识,把各自的利益捆绑连锁,这种协同反过来进一步促进移民创业活动。

In recent years,social stratification becomes significant among floating population in China.Some business owners and private entrepreneurs originated from migrant workers attract more social and scholarly attention.Although migrant entrepreneurship usually happens across social boundary and politically,it is an economic process in nature.The focus should be put on how migrant entrepreneurs carry out their entrepreneurial practice under given social context.This paper concerns about migrant entrepreneurship under informal economy and examines the entrepreneurial activities of those factory owners who operate underground garment production business in suburban Guangzhou.The findings show that migrant entrepreneurs and other parties of local society arrive at consensus and interlock their interests through sharing economic interests embedded in the informal economy.On the other hand,such symbiotic relationship triggers more migrant entrepreneurship.