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 work and worker organising. It presents an alternative portrait returning to a focus on workers' experience, focusing on solidarity, drawing out a global picture of new forms of agency. In particular, the book focuses on three dynamics that are driving struggles in the platform economy: the increasing connections between workers who are no longer isolated; the lack of communication and negotiation from platforms, leading to escalating worker action around shared issues; and the internationalisation of platforms, which has laid the basis for new transnational solidarity.
Focusing on transport and courier workers, online workers and freelancers, author Jamie Woodcock concludes by considering how workers build power in different situations. Rather than undermining worker agency, platforms have instead provided the technical basis for the emergence of new global struggles against capitalism
Автор: Woodcock Jamie Название: Marx at the Arcade: Consoles, Controllers, and Class Struggle ISBN: 1642590142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642590142 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This pathbreaking book offers a radical analysis of how people play, produce, and profit from video games, and the major role the industry plays in contemporary capitalism.
Автор: Jamie Woodcock, Owain Smolovic Jones, Peter Bloom Название: Guerrilla Democracy: Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century ISBN: 1529205662 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529205664 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 5344.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The liberating promise of big data and social media for creating more responsive democracies and workplaces is overshadowed by a nightmare of election meddling, privacy invasion, fake news and an exploitative gig economy.Yet, while regressive forces spread disinformation and hate, “guerrilla democrats” continue to foster hope and connection through digital technologies.This book offers an in-depth analysis of platform-based radical movements, from the online coalitions of voters and activists to the Deliveroo and Uber strikes. Combining cutting edge theories with empirical research, it makes an invaluable contribution to the emerging literature on the relationship between technology and society.
Автор: Jamie Woodcock, Owain Smolovic Jones, Peter Bloom Название: Guerrilla Democracy: Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Century ISBN: 1529205670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529205671 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 5344.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The liberating promise of big data and social media for creating more responsive democracies and workplaces is overshadowed by a nightmare of election meddling, privacy invasion, fake news and an exploitative gig economy.Yet, while regressive forces spread disinformation and hate, “guerrilla democrats” continue to foster hope and connection through digital technologies.This book offers an in-depth analysis of platform-based radical movements, from the online coalitions of voters and activists to the Deliveroo and Uber strikes. Combining cutting edge theories with empirical research, it makes an invaluable contribution to the emerging literature on the relationship between technology and society.
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