Algorithmic Antagonism: Algorithmic Control, Precarity and Resistance in China's Food-Delivery Platform Economy (New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society)

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Management number 231993799 Release Date 2026/06/18 List Price US$12.07 Model Number 231993799
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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. Read more

ISBN10 9819526884
ISBN13 978-9819526888
Language English
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions 5.8 x 0.7 x 7.9 inches
Item Weight 12.8 ounces
Print length 196 pages
Publication date October 22, 2025

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