The Fight Against Platform Capitalism
An Inquiry into the Global Struggles of the Gig Economy
So far, platform work has been an important laboratory for capital. Management techniques, like the use of algorithms, are being tested with a view to exporting across the global economy and it is argued that automation is undermining workers' agency. Although the contractual trick of self-employment has allowed platforms to grow quickly and keep their costs down, yet it has also been the case also that workers have also found they can strike without following the existing regulations. This book develops a critique of platforms and platform capitalism from the perspective of workers and contributes to the ongoing debates about the future of w…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-912656-94-3
- EAN: 9781912656943
- Produktnummer: 35830496
- Verlag: University of Westminster Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 126 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.7 cm 195 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 195
Über den Autor
Jamie Woodcock is a senior lecturer at the Open University and a researcher based in London. He is the author of The Gig Economy (2019), Marx at the Arcade (2019) and Working the Phones (2017), also serving on the editorial boards of Notes from Below andHistorical Materialism.
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