Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: To enrich the discussion of global labor, between 2010 and 2016, we studied Apple’s value chain, Foxconn’s mode of labor control, and Chinese workers’ struggles. Through our fieldwork in China we also examined Apple’s and Foxconn’s responses to the spate of worker suicides, workers’ resistance, the activism of scholar and student groups, and transnational justice campaigns. We conclude with reflection on global labor studies in light of the debates between Karl Polanyi’s counter movement and Karl Marx’s class-based struggle.
Source: Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
Authors: Ngai PUN, Yuan SHEN, Yuhua GUO, Huilin LU, Jenny Chan, Mark Selden
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Oxford
OpenAlex ID: W2462010773