Contesting Inequalities: Mediated Labor Activism and Rural Migrant Workers in ChinaBy SiyuanYin, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025. xi + 257 pp. 30 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐364256‐0 | Synapse
April 1, 2026
Contesting Inequalities: Mediated Labor Activism and Rural Migrant Workers in ChinaBy SiyuanYin, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2025. xi + 257 pp. 30 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐1‐50‐364256‐0
Key Points
To explore the role of mediated labor activism in addressing inequalities faced by rural migrant workers in China.
Literature review of existing research on labor activism and migrant workers in China.
Analysis of social structures affecting rural communities and their workers.
Identified diverse forms of labor activism among rural migrant workers.
Highlighted the impact of mediated communication on activism effectiveness.
Abstract
The author declares no conflicts of interest. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.