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Recasting Workers’ Power by Edward Webster, Lynford Dor, Kally Forrest, Fikile Masikane, Carmen Ludwig

Recasting Workers’ Power by Edward Webster, Lynford Dor, Kally Forrest, Fikile Masikane, Carmen Ludwig

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ISBN: 9781776148820

Publisher: Wits University Press, 1ST Sep 2023

Paperback, 208 pages

Drawing on a selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this book discusses globalisation and digitalisation as drivers for structural change and examines the implications for labour. It explores the role of digital technology in new business models and how it can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.

Much of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South.
Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models and how it can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.