This book provides a critical examination of how artificial intelligence and algorithmic management are transforming labour relations in the platform economy, with a focus on food-delivery workers in China. By combining ethnographic research with labour process theory, it reveals the hidden mechanisms of digital labour control and the ways workers resist algorithmic exploitation in an era of technological dominance. This book will interest scholars of the platform gig economy, of Chinese labor issues, and of the sociology of AI.
This book provides a critical examination of how artificial intelligence and algorithmic management are transforming labour relations in the platform economy, with a focus on food-delivery workers in China. By combining ethnographic research with labour process theory, it reveals the hidden mechanisms of digital labour control and the ways workers resist algorithmic exploitation in an era of technological dominance. This book will interest scholars of the platform gig economy, of Chinese labor issues, and of the sociology of AI.
Artikelnr. des Verlages: 89556433, 978-981-95-2688-8
Seitenzahl: 168
Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2025
Englisch
Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
ISBN-13: 9789819526888
ISBN-10: 9819526884
Artikelnr.: 75256039
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Autorenporträt
Hui Huang is a Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Also, he is sociologist specializing in the work precarity, gig economy and digital labour.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Renewing Labour Process Theory in the Digital Workplace.- Chapter 3: Algorithmic Coercion: The Rational Control of Platform Labor.- Chapter 4: Algorithmic Hegemony: The Normative Control of Platform Labour.- Chapter 5: Platform Precarity of Food-Delivery Drivers.- Chapter 6: Riders on the Storm: Amplified Precarity during the Pandemic.- Chapter 7: Everyday Algorithmic Resistance.- Chapter 8: Delivering Collective Solidarity and The Role of TikTok.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Renewing Labour Process Theory in the Digital Workplace.- Chapter 3: Algorithmic Coercion: The Rational Control of Platform Labor.- Chapter 4: Algorithmic Hegemony: The Normative Control of Platform Labour.- Chapter 5: Platform Precarity of Food-Delivery Drivers.- Chapter 6: Riders on the Storm: Amplified Precarity during the Pandemic.- Chapter 7: Everyday Algorithmic Resistance.- Chapter 8: Delivering Collective Solidarity and The Role of TikTok.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
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