Precariousness in High-Growth Economies

Gilles Guiheux () and Bernard Thomann ()
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Gilles Guiheux: CESSMA UMRD 245 - Centre d'études en sciences sociales sur les mondes africains, américains et asiatiques - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales - UPCité - Université Paris Cité
Bernard Thomann: IFRAE - Institut français de recherche sur l’Asie de l’Est - Inalco - Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UPCité - Université Paris Cité

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Abstract: This book is the culmination of advanced historical and sociological fieldwork in China, Japan, and France. It explores the evolution of working and living conditions in industrialized societies that have reached a certain level of wealth in a few decades, seeking to offer a more nuanced view on the profound changes experienced by the population in their daily lives. While high growth is generally associated with an increase in workers' standard of living, the high growth seen in China over the last 30 years has also produced situations of precariousness among the working class. This book questions the link between rapid growth and the generalized securitization of the salaried population, which has been assumed in contemporary sociological works, focusing not only on the evolution of labor and life conditions but also on how labor-relation actors and experts perceive the precariousness experienced in the context of high growth.

Date: 2026-01-16
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Published in Routledge, 2026, ⟨10.4324/9781003701965⟩

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003701965

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