Chapter 11 Liminal Precarity and Compromised Agency
Migrant experiences of gig work in Amsterdam, Berlin, and New York City
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This chapter examines what moves migrants in the Global North to take up gig work and
stick with it for various periods of time despite its by now well documented precarious conditions,
by investigating the role that gig platforms play in their life-building trajectories.
Keywords
digital labour; Globalisation; platform economy; platform economy; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCL International economics; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCF Labour / income economicsISBN
9780367752903, 9780367752910Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2023Grantor
Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Economic history
Economics
Industry and industrial studies
International economics
Labour / income economics
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23Review type
ProposalAnonymity
Single-anonymisedReviewer type
Internal editor; External peer reviewerReview stage
Pre-publicationOpen review
NoPublish responsibility
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