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| The Reality of Casual Workers in the Coastal Cities in Southeast China and its Theoretical Analysis |
| ZHOU Jian-xin |
| Institute for Cultural Industries at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060 |
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Abstract Casual workers mainly refer to the “freelancing” people among migrant workers in cities. The phenomenon of casual work started during “the migrant worker rush” in mid-1980s. With the adjustment of industrial structure and the increasing pressure of employment, casual workers have been growing in number and become an important group that cannot be neglected. Based on the empirical analysis of the demography characteristics, job, income, daily life, social relationships, social security and assistance of the casual workers in the coastal areas of southeast China, the most vibrant economic region in China, we find the casual workers there are economically poor, marginalized in status, “free” in job choice and daily behavior, homogenous and introverted in social relationship, and potentially dangerous. To pay more attention to and solve the problem of casual workers, we should start with the issues such as social structure, adaptation issue, and informal relationship.
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Received: 16 December 2015
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