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Highlights
- What is life like for workers in the gig economy?
- About the Author: Callum Cant is a former Deliveroo delivery worker and PhD candidate at the University of West London
- 140 Pages
- Political Science, Public Policy
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About the Book
"What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out. This mix of first-hand testimony and analysis is essential for anyone wishing to understand class struggle in platform capitalism"--Book Synopsis
What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and individual freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation and conflict? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out.His vivid account of the reality is grim. Workers are being tyrannised by algorithms and exploited for the profit of the few - but they are not taking it lying down. Cant reveals a transnational network of encrypted chats and informal groups which have given birth to a wave of strikes and protests. Far from being atomised individuals helpless in the face of massive tech companies, workers are tearing up the rulebook and taking back control. New developments in the workplace are combining to produce an explosive subterranean class struggle - where the stakes are high, and the risks are higher.
Riding for Deliveroo is the first portrait of a new generation of working class militants. Its mixture of compelling first-hand testimony and engaging analysis is essential for anyone wishing to understand class struggle in platform capitalism.
Review Quotes
"This is a timely and insightful discussion of the conditions faced by gig economy workers. Powerfully written and politically urgent, it should be essential reading for anybody looking to understand - and to challenge - precarity in the age of platform capitalism."
Helen Hester, University of West London
"Riding for Deliveroo is a must read for those interested in the gig economy, providing a powerful argument for how work can be transformed today."
Jamie Woodcock, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
"Riding for Deliveroo provides a compelling and insightful account of the labour struggles at the front lines of the gig economy, deftly weaving individual stories of worker resistance into a rigorous theoretical analysis of modern-day capitalism."
Wendy Liu
"Essential reading."
Morning Star
"interesting and encouraging"
Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
About the Author
Callum Cant is a former Deliveroo delivery worker and PhD candidate at the University of West LondonDimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)
Weight: .6 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 140
Genre: Political Science
Sub-Genre: Public Policy
Publisher: Polity Press
Theme: Economic Policy
Format: Paperback
Author: Callum Cant
Language: English
Street Date: December 4, 2019
TCIN: 1007640564
UPC: 9781509535514
Item Number (DPCI): 247-15-8942
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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