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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.

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Author:   Ngai Pun (Lingnan University, Hong Kong) ,  Nguyen Duc Loc (Social Life Institute, Ho Chi Minh City) ,  Tao Liu (Zhejiang University) ,  Ngoc Minh Luong (Bielefeld University)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447379225

ISBN 10:   1447379225
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   28 April 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of 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

Reviews

“This remarkable volume examines China’s and Vietnam’s contemporary transformations, offering rich case studies on work, mobility and social protection amid hyperflexible accumulation – an essential, timely resource.” Kaxton Siu, Hong Kong Baptist University

Author Information

Minh T. N. Nguyen is Professor of Social Anthropology in the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. Jingyu Mao is Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.

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