平台后备军的控制:国家与资本在中国平台经济中的作用

IF 1 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Science & Society Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.1521/siso.2023.87.4.502

Wei Zhang, Hao Qi, Zhongjin Li

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摘要

数字平台的崛起，形成了一支平台后备军。平台后备军是当代数字资本主义停滞不前的后备军，对劳动控制带来挑战。本文利用对中国两个城市600多名网约车司机的原始调查收集的数据，阐明了国家和资本的作用，以及它们在塑造资本对中国平台后备军的控制方面的相互作用。在国家市场正规化政策的背景下，网约车平台与提供合格车辆的第三方租赁公司结盟。平台租赁公司联盟有效地困住了相当一部分司机，维持了充足稳定的劳动力供给。鉴于他们有能力操纵和重组后备军，平台利用国家的规定来加强他们对劳动力的控制。

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Control of the Platform Reserve Army: The Roles of the State and Capital in China's Platform Economy

The rise of digital platforms has formed a platform reserve army. The platform reserve army is the stagnant reserve army of contemporary digital capitalism, which brings challenges to labor control. Using data collected from an original survey of over 600 ride-hailing drivers in two Chinese cities, the roles of the state and capital, as well as their interactions in shaping capital's control over the platform reserve army in China, are clarified. Against the backdrop of the state's market-formalization policy, ride-hailing platforms have aligned with third-party rental companies that provide qualified vehicles. The platform-rental company alliance has effectively trapped a significant share of drivers to maintain an adequate and stable labor supply. Given their capacity to manipulate and restructure the reserve army, platforms have capitalized on the state's regulations to strengthen their control over labor.

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Science & Society SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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1.00

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33.30%

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期刊介绍： Appearing quarterly since 1936, Science & Society is the longest continuously published Marxist scholarly journal in the world. Its intellectual coverage includes social and political theory, first-order historical research, economics, philosophy, theoretical foundations in the natural sciences, literature, and the arts. In both general issues, and special issues devoted to particular topics, the journal provides serious analysis of the contemporary human condition and visions of social alternatives, and contributes to the continuing critical redevelopment of the Marxist tradition.