Digital Work in the Planetary Market
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2022
Summary
Many jobs today can be done from anywhere. Digital technology and widespread internet connectivity allow almost anyone, anywhere, to connect to anyone else to communicate and exchange files, data, video, and audio. In other words, work can be deterritorialized at a planetary scale. This book examines the implications for both work and workers when work is commodified and traded beyond local labor markets.
Going beyond the usual “world is flat” globalization discourse, contributors loo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543767 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543761 |
| Author: | Mark Graham, Fabian Ferrari |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
| Series: | International Development Research Centre |
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About The Author
Mark Graham
Mark Graham is Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute, and Faculty Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. He is the editor of Digital Economies at Global Margins (MIT Press and IDRC).
Fabian Ferrari is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute.
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