Digital Working Lives: Worker Autonomy and the Gig Economy
Autor Tim Christiaensen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 apr 2024
This book argues that the digital gig economy undermines workers' autonomy by putting digital technology in charge of workers' surveillance, leading to exploitation, alienation, and exhaustion. To secure a more sustainable future of work, digital technologies should instead be transformed into tools that support human development instead of subordinating it to algorithmic control. The best guarantee for human autonomy is a politics that transforms digital platforms into convivial tools that obey the rhythm of human life.
| Toate formatele și edițiile | Preț | Express |
|---|---|---|
| Paperback (1) | 208.77 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
| Bloomsbury Publishing – 3 apr 2024 | 208.77 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
| Hardback (1) | 523.54 lei 6-8 săpt. | |
| Bloomsbury Publishing – 2 noi 2022 | 523.54 lei 6-8 săpt. |
Preț: 208.77 lei
Preț vechi: 278.20 lei
-25%
Puncte Express: 313
Preț estimativ în valută:
36.93€ • 43.29$ • 32.13£
36.93€ • 43.29$ • 32.13£
Carte tipărită la comandă
Livrare economică 05-19 martie
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781538173800
ISBN-10: 1538173808
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 152 x 227 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1538173808
Pagini: 172
Dimensiuni: 152 x 227 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
1. The Creeping Uberization of Work
1.1 What is the Digital Gig Economy?
1.2 Post-Workerism and the Struggle for Workers' Autonomy
1.3 Toward Convivial Autonomy in the Digital Gig Economy
2. Governing the Workforce: From the Factory to the Digital Gig Economy
2.1 The Industrial Factory under Fordism
2.2 The Age of Post-Fordism
2.3 The Role of Digital Technology in the Post-Fordist Corporation
2.4 Conclusion
3. Exploitation and the Capture of Social Cooperation
3.1 Against the "Free Labour"-Thesis
3.2 The Becoming-Rent of Profit
3.3 Digital Capture and Enclave Rent
3.4 Digital Capture and Financial Rent
3.5 Conclusion
4. Alienation in the Platform Economy
4.1 The Ambivalence of the General Intellect
4.2 Alienation and the General Intellect
4.3 Conclusion
5. The Human Limits to Growth
5.1 Marx on the Problem of Fatigue
5.2 Digital Connection and Fatigue in the Digital Gig Economy
5.3 The Hidden Abode of Social Reproduction
5.4 Conclusion
6. Workers' Autonomy as Self-
1.1 What is the Digital Gig Economy?
1.2 Post-Workerism and the Struggle for Workers' Autonomy
1.3 Toward Convivial Autonomy in the Digital Gig Economy
2. Governing the Workforce: From the Factory to the Digital Gig Economy
2.1 The Industrial Factory under Fordism
2.2 The Age of Post-Fordism
2.3 The Role of Digital Technology in the Post-Fordist Corporation
2.4 Conclusion
3. Exploitation and the Capture of Social Cooperation
3.1 Against the "Free Labour"-Thesis
3.2 The Becoming-Rent of Profit
3.3 Digital Capture and Enclave Rent
3.4 Digital Capture and Financial Rent
3.5 Conclusion
4. Alienation in the Platform Economy
4.1 The Ambivalence of the General Intellect
4.2 Alienation and the General Intellect
4.3 Conclusion
5. The Human Limits to Growth
5.1 Marx on the Problem of Fatigue
5.2 Digital Connection and Fatigue in the Digital Gig Economy
5.3 The Hidden Abode of Social Reproduction
5.4 Conclusion
6. Workers' Autonomy as Self-
Recenzii
The global financial crisis of 2007 ushered in the "digital gig economy" and, with it, promises of emancipating workers from human bosses and providing worker autonomy. Digital platforms, such as Uber and Airbnb, offered workers freedom from the traditional labor contract and touted that both individuals and the public would benefit from the platforms' use of idle resources. In Digital Working Lives, Christiaens defines the digital gig economy and studies the work-related problems of digital surveillance. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals.
In sum, Digital Working Lives points to a concrete path to realizing the convivial autonomy of digital workers. The goal of the book is not to provide a way for people to totally get rid of 'bullshit jobs'. Rather, gig work should be redesigned to be better compatible with human autonomy. Overall, this book is an insightful read for students and scholars interested in understanding the current situation of the working class and ways to emancipate the convivial autonomy in gig work.
A penetrating and rigorous analysis of the digital gig economy and an inspiring account of how digital labour platforms could be reformed to become convivial tools. Tim Christiaens provides an essential read for anyone who believes in the emancipatory potential of modern technology.
In the digital gig economy, the promise of autonomy is all too often broken. Creatively drawing on a range of less well-known authors, Christiaens rethinks the possibilities of digital technology to support, rather than undermine, workers' autonomy. A wonderfully clearly written book, on an important topic, which I warmly recommend.
In sum, Digital Working Lives points to a concrete path to realizing the convivial autonomy of digital workers. The goal of the book is not to provide a way for people to totally get rid of 'bullshit jobs'. Rather, gig work should be redesigned to be better compatible with human autonomy. Overall, this book is an insightful read for students and scholars interested in understanding the current situation of the working class and ways to emancipate the convivial autonomy in gig work.
A penetrating and rigorous analysis of the digital gig economy and an inspiring account of how digital labour platforms could be reformed to become convivial tools. Tim Christiaens provides an essential read for anyone who believes in the emancipatory potential of modern technology.
In the digital gig economy, the promise of autonomy is all too often broken. Creatively drawing on a range of less well-known authors, Christiaens rethinks the possibilities of digital technology to support, rather than undermine, workers' autonomy. A wonderfully clearly written book, on an important topic, which I warmly recommend.