The Gig Economy in India - Start-Ups, Infrastructure and Resistance

The Gig Economy in India explores the topic of gig work in India's digital political economy, and the relationship between key factors such as start-ups, state government, and platform providers.
Given the limited research on India as a case study, this volume fills a crucial gap in the literature.

List of contents

Introduction: The Platform Economy in India
1. India Stack, Techno-Optimism and Platform Contradictions
2. The Governance/Mis-Governance of Start-Ups
3. Venture Capitalism, Informality and the Gig Economy
4. AI, Machine Learning and Gig Workers in India
5. Resistance
6. Cloud, Data Centres and the Politics of Infrastructure
7. AI, Risk and The Gig Economy

About the author

Pradip Ninan Thomas is at the School of Arts and Communications at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of 12 books, including Information Infrastructures in India: The Long View (2022) and Platform Regulation: Exemplars, Approaches and Solutions (2023).

Summary

The Gig Economy in India explores the topic of gig work in India’s digital political economy, and the relationship between key factors such as start-ups, state government, and platform providers. Given the limited research on India as a case study, this volume fills a crucial gap in the literature.

Product details

• Authors: Pradip Ninan Thomas, Thomas Pradip Ninan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 23.02.2026
• EAN: 9781032793757
• ISBN: 978-1-03-279375-7
• No. of pages: 138
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, India, Digital lifestyle, Labour / income economics, International business, Labour Economics, Communication Studies, Political Economy, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General