Work and labour relations in global platform capitalism / / editors, Julieta Haidar, Maarten Keune.

• Superior document: ILERA Publication
• TeilnehmendeR: Haidar, Julieta,; Keune, Maarten, 1966-; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: ILERA Publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

This engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations within global platform capitalism with a specific focus on digital platforms that organise labour processes, known as labour platforms. Well-respected contributors thoroughly examine both online and offline plat...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Copyright
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Contributors
• Introduction: Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism
• PART I Platform labour in contemporary capitalism
• 1. Value, rent and platform capitalism
• 2. Platforms and exploitation in informational capitalism
• 3. Platform capitalism - towards the neo-commodification of labour?
• PART II Labour platforms between the global and the local
• 4. Working conditions, geography and gender in global crowdwork
• 5. Global earnings disparities in remote platform work: liabilities of origin?
• 6. Freelancing globally: Upworkers in China and India, neo-liberalisation and the new international putting-out system of labour (NIPL)
• PART III Labour process and labour relations in platform capitalism
• 7. Digitalised management, control and resistance in platform work: a labour process analysis
• 8. Collective organization in platform companies in Argentina: between trade union traditions and adaptive strategies
• 9. Collective resistance and organizational creativity amongst Europe's platform workers: a new power in the labour movement?
• 10. Digital platform work in Latin America: challenges and perspectives for its regulation
• Index.