Die Plattform ist in den letzten Jahren sowohl eine zentrale Institution als auch wesentliche Metapher der gegenwärtigen Verfasstheit westlicher Gesellschaften geworden, so dass von einem „Plattformkapitalismus“ die Rede ist. Nachhaltige Auswirkungen zeigen sich in verschiedenen Sphären...

This book explores the potential creation of a broader collaborative economy through commons-based peer production (P2P) and the emergent role of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The book seeks to critically engage in the political discussion of commons-based peer production,...

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...

This paper offers a critical synthesis of the articles in this Special Issue with a view to assessing the concept of “algorithmic regulation” as a mode of social coordination and control articulated by Yeung in 2017. We highlight significant changes in public debate about the role of...