Platform Politics: Corporate Power, Grassroots Movements and the Sharing Economy
The ‘sharing economy’, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo, promised to revolutionize the way we work and live. But what changes have come about, and why?This book shows how platform capitalism is not only shaped by business decisions, but is a result of struggles involving social m...
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| Summary: | The ‘sharing economy’, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo, promised to revolutionize the way we work and live. But what changes have come about, and why?This book shows how platform capitalism is not only shaped by business decisions, but is a result of struggles involving social movements, consumer politics and state interventions. It focuses in particular on the controversial tactics used by platform giants to avoid regulation.Drawing on cutting-edge research and analysis, the book provides a critical overview of the struggles around platforms, examines platform power, and reflects on the different possible futures of the platform economy |
| Item Description: | 1. Introducing Platform Politics; 2. Contested Stories of Platform Capitalism: Crisis, Legitimacy and Platform Rhetoric; 3. Trajectories of Struggle around Lean Platforms: Making Sense of Change; 4. The Practices of Platform Power: A Typology; 5. Manufacturing a Movement: Platform Power at Airbnb; 6. The Futures of Platform Politics |
| Physical Description: | 160 Seiten 234 mm |
| ISBN: | 9781529236149 |
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