LEADER 03040nam 22005655 450 001 9911034949603321 005 20251021130615.0 010 $a981-9526-89-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-95-2689-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32372233 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32372233 035 $a(CKB)41703872900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-95-2689-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941703872900041 100 $a20251021d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAlgorithmic Antagonism $eAlgorithmic Control, Precarity and Resistance in China's Food-Delivery Platform Economy /$fby Hui Huang 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (0 pages) 225 1 $aNew Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society,$x2634-5412 311 08$a981-9526-88-4 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aThis book provides a critical examination of how artificial intelligence and algorithmic management are transforming labour relations in the platform economy, with a focus on food-delivery workers in China. By combining ethnographic research with labour process theory, it reveals the hidden mechanisms of digital labour control and the ways workers resist algorithmic exploitation in an era of technological dominance. This book will interest scholars of the platform gig economy, of Chinese labor issues, and of the sociology of AI. Hui Huang is a Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Also, he is sociologist specializing in the work precarity, gig economy and digital labour. 410 0$aNew Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society,$x2634-5412 606 $aAsia$xEconomic conditions 606 $aTechnology$xSociological aspects 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aAsian Economics 606 $aScience, Technology and Society 606 $aAsian Politics 615 0$aAsia$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aTechnology$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aAsian Economics. 615 24$aScience, Technology and Society. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 676 $a330.95 700 $aHuang$b Hui$01390717 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034949603321 996 $aAlgorithmic Antagonism$94449233 997 $aUNINA