| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations, map |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Success stories, strugglers and strivers -- What is the sharing economy? -- Forward to the past and the early industrial age -- Workplace troubles -- Sharing is caring -- All in a day's (dirty) work -- Living the dream? |
| Summary |
"The sharing economy claims to bring the romance of entrepreneurship to the masses. Through qualitative interviews with nearly eighty workers for Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit, and Kitchensurfing, 'Hustle and Gig' explores how the gig economy's classification of workers as "independent contractors" results in a shifting of risk and liability as part of a larger casualization of labor. Just like their colleagues in the 1800s and early 1900s, workers find themselves outside even the most basic workplace protections regarding discrimination and sexual harassment, the right to unionize, and redress for workplace injuries. The sharing economy is a movement forward to the past as it upends generations of workplace protections in the name of disruption"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Precarious employment.
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Precarious employment. |
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Independent contractors.
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Independent contractors. |
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Cooperation.
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Cooperation. |
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Employee rights.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. |
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Employee rights. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ravenelle, Alexandrea J., 1980- Hustle and gig. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520300552 (DLC) 2018033918 (OCoLC)1048658734 |
| ISBN |
9780520971899 (electronic book) |
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0520971892 (electronic book) |
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9780520300552 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0520300556 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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