Humans as a Service: The Promise and Perils of Work in the Gig Economy 2527916359, 9780198797012, 2475912645, 1470265626

Humans as a Service: The Promise and Perils of Work in the Gig Economy 9780192517395, 0192517392

The crowdsourcing of work - the 'gig economy' - has been hailed as a 'sharing' revolution, enabling

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Temporary and Gig Economy Workers in China and Japan: The Culture of Unequal Work 0192849697, 9780192849694

While a large number of studies exist on political-economic institutional explanations for the prevalence of precarious

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Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism 9780812209631

Aid in Danger explores why aid workers are attacked, kidnapped, and killed around the world and critically examines how

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Thriving in the Gig Economy 9781632650955

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Work in the Gig Economy: A Research Overview 9780367367923, 9781032075266, 9780429351488

Throughout the last decade, the ‘gig economy’ has emerged as one of the most significant developments in the world of wo

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Phone Clones: Authenticity Work in the Transnational Service Economy 9780801464140

Transnational customer service workers are an emerging touchstone of globalization given their location at the intersect

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The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction 150953637X, 9781509536375

All of a sudden, everybody's talking about the gig economy. From taxi drivers to pizza deliverers to the unemployed

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Individualising Risk: Paid Care Work in the New Gig Economy 9813363657, 9789813363656, 9789813363663

This book investigates how paid care work and employment are being transformed by policies of social care individualisat

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Individualising Risk: Paid Care Work in the New Gig Economy 9789813363663, 9789813363656

This book investigates how paid care work and employment are being transformed by policies of social care individualisat

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The Gig Economy: Workers and Media in the Age of Convergence 9780367690212, 9780367686222, 9781003140054

This edited collection examines the gig economy in the age of convergence from a critical political economic perspective

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