The Contradictions of Market Socialism : Labour, Capital and Welfare in Privatising China and Vietnam (Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy)

Nguyen, Minh (EDT)/ Mao, Jingyu (EDT)

Policy Press（2026/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781447379225

Full Description

Connecting labour and welfare transformations to broader political-economic processes - including land restructuring and financialisation - the book offers an unparalleled comparative perspective on two of the world's most important manufacturing hubs.

Contents

Preface by Ngai Pun

Introduction - Minh T. N. Nguyen and Jingyu Mao

Part 1. Reproducing Labour in Hyperflexible Accumulation

1. The Broken Dream of Autonomy in Platform Economy Work - Nguyen Duc Loc

2. The Rise of the Gig Economy and the Social Protection of Gig Workers in China - Tao Liu

3. Flexible Accumulation, Division of Labour and Hierarchisation of Care at Global Factories in Vietnam - Ngoc Luong

4. Producing the Flexible Working Subject: Seasonal bonus, the Hyper-flexibilization of Labour and Welfare Arrangement of Migrant Factory Workers in China - Jingyu Mao and Yueran Tian

Part 2. Land Restructuring and New Trajectories of Rural-Urban Mobility

5. Transforming Migrant Household Reproduction: Commuterization and Land Commodification in Central China - Yueran Tian

6. Rural Migrants, Housing Politics and the Limits of Care in Shenzhen - Yang Zhan and Ludan Zhang

7. Global Factories, Migrant Labour and Livelihoods Strategies of Industrial Workers in Vietnam - Do Ta Khanh and Pietro Masina

Part 3. Marketizing Social Provisioning, Degenerating the Social Contract

8. From Welfare Housing to Real Estate: A Generational Perspective of the Financialisation of Urban State Workers' Housing in China's Steel Industry - Catrina Schwendener

9. 'Building giant nests to host the eagle': Employment, housing and family organization of workers throughout the expansion of FDI corporation in Ho Chi Minh City - Pham Thanh Thoi

10. The Politics of Care in Bilateral Labour Migration: the Case of Collateral Deposits for Contract-Based Vietnamese Workers to Republic of Korea - Huong Thu Nguyen

11. Eroding State Social Protection in Vietnam: Labour Legislation, Cicada Capital, Welfare - Angie Ngoc Tran

Part 4. Contestations and Disengagements

12. The Narratives of Sacrifice: The Third Front and The Left-behinded - Fan Zhang

13. Early withdrawal of social insurance and contestations over welfare rights in Vietnam - Tu Phuong Nguyen