03040nam 22005655 450 991103494960332120251021130615.0981-9526-89-210.1007/978-981-95-2689-5(MiAaPQ)EBC32372233(Au-PeEL)EBL32372233(CKB)41703872900041(DE-He213)978-981-95-2689-5(EXLCZ)994170387290004120251021d2025 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAlgorithmic Antagonism Algorithmic Control, Precarity and Resistance in China's Food-Delivery Platform Economy /by Hui Huang1st ed. 2025.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2025.1 online resource (0 pages)New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society,2634-5412981-9526-88-4 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.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. 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.New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society,2634-5412AsiaEconomic conditionsTechnologySociological aspectsAsiaPolitics and governmentAsian EconomicsScience, Technology and SocietyAsian PoliticsAsiaEconomic conditions.TechnologySociological aspects.AsiaPolitics and government.Asian Economics.Science, Technology and Society.Asian Politics.330.95Huang Hui1390717MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911034949603321Algorithmic Antagonism4449233UNINA