The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy

Immanuel Ness, Robert Ovetz, Isabel Roque , Eva-Marie Swidler

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English

Routledge
31 October 2022

Society & culture: general; Economic theory & philosophy; Economics of industrial organisation; Employment & unemployment; Political economy

Series: Routledge International Handbooks

Research on the growth of the precarious economy is of signifi cant interest as the economy increasingly becomes dependent on gig work. However, as platform and automated service work has grown, there remains a chasm in understanding the key aspects of digital labour.

This handbook presents comprehensive theoretical, empirical, and historical accounts of the political economy of informal work from the late 20th century to the present.

It examines the rich and varied analysis and critique of the informalisation of work, focusing on its most signifi cant theories, intellectual traditions, and authors. It highlights the political, social, cultural, and developmental impact of the deterioration of employment in the Global North and Global South, as well as the extreme threat posed to the planet by the growth of contingent work, poverty, and enduring and increasing inequalities produced and reproduced by the reformation of capitalism in the contemporary age of neoliberal capitalism. The period from the 1980s to the present is marked by the expanded extraction of surplus value from workers through the creation of non-standard jobs and the restructuring of work. A central component of the restructuring of work is the extension of gig employment through the development of algorithmic platforms which direct labourers to perform discrete tasks.

This is a definitive collection, representing the primary reference work, contributing to our understanding of the subject.

The book is written and presented in a clear manner, accessible to scholars and researchers of international political economy, labour economics, and sociology who are eager for new research examining this phenomenon, as well as specialists in the field of labour relations.

Chapter 11 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. Funded by the University of Amsterdam.

Edited by: Immanuel Ness
Associate editor: Robert Ovetz, Isabel Roque, Eva-Marie Swidler, Austin Zwick
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9780367752903
ISBN 10: 0367752905
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Pages: 530
Publication Date: 31 October 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, NY, USA and Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.