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Temporary and Gig Economy Workers in China and Japan: The Culture of Unequal Work

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 6 Aug 2023 00:46:26
Temporary and Gig Economy Workers in China and Japan: The Culture of Unequal Work

Huiyan Fu, "Temporary and Gig Economy Workers in China and Japan: The Culture of Unequal Work"
English | ISBN: 0192849697 | 2023 | 272 pages | PDF | 3 MB

While a large number of studies exist on political-economic institutional explanations for the prevalence of precarious work, few have delved into the elusive yet critical domain of culture. This is highly pertinent to China and Japan whose shared tradition of Confucianism (broadly defined) continues to inform many aspects of society. In particular, core values such as hierarchy, harmony, and the subordination of individual interests to collective requirements impinge importantly on the iniquitous patterns of precarious work and its surrounding institutions ranging from state policy and legislation to industrial relations and social welfare. The pervasiveness and entrenched nature of culture has been especially evidenced by Japan's distinctly gendered and China's rural-urban citizenship-based labour market stratifications.

By bridging culture and institutions,
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