Protesting Precarity: South Korean Workers and the Labor of Refusal

This essay examines the crisis of solidarity affecting workers who protest labor precarity under South Korea's capitalist democracy. Once considered foundational to the struggle for national democratization, the dramatic protests of aggrieved workers are frequently depicted as out of place and...

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Published in:	The Journal of Asian studies Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 107 - 118
Main Author:	Chun, Jennifer Jihye
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.02.2022 Duke University Press, NC & IL
Subjects:	Asian studies Capitalism Democracy Democratization Demonstrations & protests Employment Ethnographic research Ethnography Fallacies Forum: South Korean Candlelight Protest Movement Grass roots movement Labor Militancy Neoliberalism Political activism Refusal Resistance Rituals Social cohesion Social movements Social networks Workers South Korea neoliberal capitalism labor unions social movements precarious work labor politics
ISSN:	0021-9118, 1752-0401
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