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Constructing violence and resistance: the political economy of the construction industry and labour subcontracting system in post-socialist China

In: Neoliberal Capitalism and Precarious Work

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  • Pun Ngai
  • Lu Huilin

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Since the renaissance of market politics on a global scale, precarious work has become pervasive. Divided into two parts, the first section of this cross-disciplinary book analyses the different forms of precarious work that have arisen over the past thirty years. These transformations are captured in ethnographically orientated chapters on sweatshops; day labour; homework; unpaid contract work of Chinese construction workers; the introduction of insecure contracting in the Korean automotive industry; and the insecurity of Brazilian cane cutters. The editors and contributors then collectively explore trade union initiatives in the face of precarious work and stimulate debate on the issue.

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  • Pun Ngai & Lu Huilin, 2016. "Constructing violence and resistance: the political economy of the construction industry and labour subcontracting system in post-socialist China," Chapters, in: Rob Lambert & Andrew Herod (ed.), Neoliberal Capitalism and Precarious Work, chapter 5, pages 125-147, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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