The Bottom Worker in East Asia : : Composition and Transformation under Neoliberal Globalization / / Hideo Aoki and Tomonori Ishioka.
"The protagonist of The Bottom Worker in East Asia: Composition and Transformation under Neoliberal Globalization is a bottom worker. Bottom workers are workers in the North and the South, who have suffered from the downward pressure of hierarchy under neoliberal globalization and have been re-...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series ; Volume 262 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in critical social sciences ;
Volume 262. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (316 pages) |
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| Summary: | "The protagonist of The Bottom Worker in East Asia: Composition and Transformation under Neoliberal Globalization is a bottom worker. Bottom workers are workers in the North and the South, who have suffered from the downward pressure of hierarchy under neoliberal globalization and have been re-stratified among themselves, from employed irregularly to self-employed and the working homeless. The existing division has become increasingly more fluid as the disparities in working conditions and wages are compressed downward. The book examines workers' entrapment at the bottom, getting off the bottom, and intersecting each other by analyzing how they work, reside in, and build lifeworlds in cities and suburbs of four East Asian countries. In this way, it draws a dynamic picture of the contemporary working class"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004678239 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Hideo Aoki and Tomonori Ishioka. |