Roughly 260 million workers in China have participated in a mass migration of peasants moving into the cities, and construction workers account for almost half of them. In Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three...(展开全部)

Sarah Swider is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Wayne State University.

Roughly 260 million workers in China have participated in a mass migration of peasants moving into the cities, and construction workers account for almost half of them. In Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three...(展开全部)

Described by Noam Chomsky as 'a very important book', Guy Standing's The Precariat has achieved cult status as the first account of this emerging class of people, facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Guy Standing warns that the rapid growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. It is a dangerous class b...(展开全部)

First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable...(展开全部)

盖伊·斯坦丁（Guy Standing），英国伦敦大学亚非学院经济学家，“基本收入地球网络”（BIEN）联合创始人、现任名誉联合主席。曾任巴斯大学经济安全教授，莫纳什大学劳动经济学教授，世界银行、联合国开发计划署和欧洲委员会等国际组织的顾问。著有《基本收入》等。

Described by Noam Chomsky as 'a very important book', Guy Standing's The Precariat has achieved cult status as the first account of this emerging class of people, facing lives of insecurity, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Guy Standing warns that the rapid growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. It is a dangerous class b...(展开全部)

First published in 2011 The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives. Standing warns that the growth of the precariat is producing instabilities in society. Its internal divisions have led to the villainization of migrants and other vulnerable...(展开全部)

盖伊·斯坦丁（Guy Standing），英国伦敦大学亚非学院经济学家，“基本收入地球网络”（BIEN）联合创始人、现任名誉联合主席。曾任巴斯大学经济安全教授，莫纳什大学劳动经济学教授，世界银行、联合国开发计划署和欧洲委员会等国际组织的顾问。著有《基本收入》等。

Reviewers' comments on the first edition: 'Zygmunt Bauman presents a cogently argued and compelling thesis...an important book from a distinguished scholar, that adds a new dimension to the poverty debate' - "British Journal of Sociology". 'It will be of great interest and value to students, teachers and researchers in sociology and social policy! [Bauman] provides a very force...(展开全部)