The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781509536368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 160 str.

Jamie Woodcock; Mark Graham

Opis

"All of a sudden, everybody's talking about the gig economy. Drawing upon years of research, stories from gig workers, and a review of the key trends and debates, Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham shed light on how the gig economy came to be, how it works and what it's like to work in it"--

Recenzje

'Challenging and important, giving voice to workers on the front line of our growing gig economy, this book is a must read for trade unionists, policymakers and everyone with an interest in making work better amidst rapid technological change.' Frances O'Grady, Trades Union Congress General Secretary 'At a time when governments the world over turn away from workers, scholar-activists Woodcock and Graham offer a critical introduction to the global gig economy. They investigate innovative ways in which new forms of unions can help to tackle the Trojan Horse of gig labour.' Trebor Scholz, Director, Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy at The New School

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Where did the gig economy come from? Chapter 2: How does the gig economy work? Chapter 3: What is it like to work in the gig economy? Chapter 4: How are workers reshaping the gig economy? Conclusion: What's next for the gig economy? Appendix: Draft Convention on Platform Work Notes References

O autorze

Jamie Woodcock is a Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford Mark Graham is Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford