Algorithmic Antagonism

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Algorithmic Antagonism

Algorithmic Control, Precarity and Resistance in China's Food-Delivery Platform Economy

Society and culture: general Politics and government Economics

Author: Hui Huang

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Collection: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society

Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 21st October 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9789819526895


Book Summary

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.

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