Recasting workers' power : work and inequality in the shadow of the digital age

Edward Webster ; with Lynford Dor

"Much of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models and how it can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker."--Publisher's description

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Year of publication:	2023
Authors:	Webster, Edward ; Dor, Lynford
Publisher:	Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press
Subject:	Arbeitswelt \| World of work \| Arbeiter \| Workers \| Digitalisierung \| Digitization \| Globaler Süden \| Global South
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	xiv, 186 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index The end of labour? rethinking the labour question in the digital age -- Precarious work after apartheid: experimenting with alternative forms of representation in the informal sector -- Neo-liberalism comes to johannesburg: changing the rules of the game -- Divided workers, divided struggles: entrenching dualisation and the struggle for equalisation in south africa's manufacturing sector -- Authoritarian algorithmic management: the double-edged sword of the gig economies -- Crossing the divide: informal workers and trade unions -- Global capital, global labour: the possibilities of transnational activism -- Changing sources of power and the future of southern labour.
ISBN:	978-1-5292-1878-7 ; 1-5292-1878-0 ; 978-1-5292-1879-4 ; 1-5292-1879-9 ; 978-1-5292-1880-0 ; 978-1-5292-1881-7 ; 978-1-77614-883-7 ; 1-77614-883-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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