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Recasting workers' power : work and inequality in the shadow of the digital age / Edward Webster ; with Lynford Dor.

De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Webster, Edward, 1942-2024, author.
Contributor:
Dor, Lynford, editor.
Series:
Policy Press scholarship online.
Policy Press scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Industrial relations--Effect of technological innovations on--Africa.
Industrial relations.
Wages--Effect of technological innovations on--Africa.
Wages.
Equality--Africa.
Equality.
Working class--Africa--Social conditions.
Working class.
Industrial relations--Africa.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2023.
Summary:
Drawing on ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses their implications for labour of how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change. It explores the role of digital technology in new business models, and ways in which digitalization can be harnessed for counter mobilisation.
Contents:
Front Matter
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
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
Index
Notes:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jan 2024).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-5292-1882-9
1-5292-1881-0
OCLC:
1390728514

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