Supply-chain alienation and constructive counter-movements
Abstract
As a dominant mode of organizing the economy, supply chains also shape public and private life in China. The effect can be alienating, for instance, the widespread surveillance in everyday life that is enabled by the government's ‘logistical power’, and the loss of personal connections due to contactless convenience. This condition gave rise to a critical consciousness in the Chinese public. Instead of aiming to dismantle the supply chain capitalism altogether, people are developing social spaces outside the supply chain economy, which could be a basis for the articulation of further political consciousness and the formation of action.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Management and Organizational Studies
Digital Economy and Work Transformation
Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Cultural Economy
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 339–343
- Publication date
- 7 January 2026
- Language
- EN