LEADER 04140nam 22007095 450 001 9911034958903321 005 20251019130415.0 010 $a3-031-99724-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-99724-2 035 $a(CKB)41696252200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-99724-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32379824 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32379824 035 $a(EXLCZ)9941696252200041 100 $a20251019d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUberization and Overexploitation $eRacial Platform Capitalism in Paris, London and Montréal /$fby Sophie Bernard 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 168 p. 1 illus.) 225 1 $aDynamics of Virtual Work,$x2947-9304 311 08$a3-031-99723-9 327 $a1. Introduction -- Part 1. Uber?s conquest of the market -- Chapter 2. Gaining access to a driver pool -- Chapter 3. Building a quasi-monopolistic position -- Part 2. Uber driver: a job for immigrants -- Chapter 4: A job to mitigate demotion -- Chapter 5. A good bad job to improve one?s situation -- Part 3. Supervised autonomy at work -- Chapter 6. Your money or your life: Management of working hours -- Chapter 7. Ratings and complaints. Customer-controlled work -- Chapter 8. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book examines ?uberization? ?from below?, by focusing on three major cities (Paris, London and Montreal) and on the individual situations of Uber drivers, to analyse the deployment of ?racial platform capitalism?. racialized men are over-represented among Uber drivers and the book argues that this is no coincidence; the platform exploits their relegation to a subordinate material and symbolic position within the social order to gain access to the labour reserve it needs to operate. At the same time, this essential but unwanted labour force must accept the degraded working and employment conditions offered. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of the sociology of work and the platform economy. Sophie Bernard is a tenured Professor of sociology at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL, France, specialising in the sociology of work and employment. She has been working on digital platforms for several years. She has published several books, which have received research awards and critical acclaim, as well as articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is also an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France. 410 0$aDynamics of Virtual Work,$x2947-9304 606 $aIndustrial sociology 606 $aOrganizational sociology 606 $aOccupations$xSociological aspects 606 $aCommunication$xMethodology 606 $aCommunication in organizations 606 $aTechnology$xSociological aspects 606 $aInformation technology 606 $aSociology of Work 606 $aSociology of Organizations and Occupations 606 $aMedia and Communication Methods 606 $aOrganizational and Strategic Communication 606 $aInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) 615 0$aIndustrial sociology. 615 0$aOrganizational sociology. 615 0$aOccupations$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aCommunication$xMethodology. 615 0$aCommunication in organizations. 615 0$aTechnology$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aInformation technology. 615 14$aSociology of Work. 615 24$aSociology of Organizations and Occupations. 615 24$aMedia and Communication Methods. 615 24$aOrganizational and Strategic Communication. 615 24$aInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT). 676 $a306.36 700 $aBernard$b Sophie$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01298385 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911034958903321 996 $aUberization and Overexploitation$94451595 997 $aUNINA