Beyond the Algorithm - Qualitative Insights for Gig Work Regulation

This volume provides insights on gig work regulation that are inaccessible except through qualitative empirical research. It will appeal to anyone interested in the gig economy, labor and employment law, industrial and labor relations, applied social science, technology and work, state and local regulation, and interdisciplinary legal studies.

List of contents

1. The rise and scope of gig work regulation Deepa Das Acevedo; 2. An Uber ambivalence: employee status, worker perspectives, and regulation in the gig economy V. B. Dubal; 3. Invisible work, visible workers: visibility regimes in online platforms for domestic work Alexandra Mateescu and Julia Ticona; 4. The importance of qualitative research approaches to gig economy taxation Shu-Yi Oei and Diane M. Ring; 5. Just a gig? Sharing economy work and the implications for career trajectory Alexandrea J. Ravenelle; 6. Algorithmic management, employment, and the self in gig work Julia Tomassetti; 7. Regulating transportation systems without authority (or data): plugging an Uber- and Lyft-sized hole in city transportation planning and policy Zak Accuardi; 8. Words matter: how tech media helped write gig companies into existence Sam Harnett; 9. Rewriting the rules: gig companies' drive for labor deregulation Rebecca Smith and Maya Pinto; 10. What regulators could gain by listening to Rideshare drivers Harry Campbell; Index.

Summary

This volume provides insights on gig work regulation that are inaccessible except through qualitative empirical research. It will appeal to anyone interested in the gig economy, labor and employment law, industrial and labor relations, applied social science, technology and work, state and local regulation, and interdisciplinary legal studies.

Product details

• Authors: Deepa Das Acevedo
• Assisted by: Deepa Das Acevedo (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108738057
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73805-7
• No. of pages: 235
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Computer & Internet, Business ethics & social responsibility, Information technology industries, Sociology: work & labour, Business ethics and social responsibility, Sociology: work and labour, Employment & Labour Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Employment and labour law: general, E-commerce law