| Vorliegende Sprache |
eng |
| Hinweise auf parallele Ausgaben |
1783531762 Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe): ‡Anwar, Mohammad Amir: ¬The¬ digital continent |
| ISBN |
978-0-19-884080-0 |
| Name |
Anwar, Mohammad Amir ¬[VerfasserIn]¬ |
| Graham, Mark ¬[VerfasserIn]¬ |
| ANZEIGE DER KETTE |
Graham, Mark ¬[VerfasserIn]¬ |
| T I T E L |
¬The¬ digital continent |
| Zusatz zum Titel |
placing Africa in planetary networks of work |
| Auflage |
First edition |
| Verlagsort |
Oxford |
| Verlag |
Oxford University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr |
2022 |
| 2022 |
| Umfang |
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 260 pages) : Illustrationen |
| Reihe |
Oxford scholarship online. Economics and Finance |
| Notiz / Fußnoten |
"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 31, 2022) |
| Titelhinweis |
Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe): ‡Anwar, Mohammad Amir: ¬The¬ digital continent |
| ISBN |
ISBN 978-0-19-187645-5 ebook |
| Klassifikation |
RE |
| SH03 |
| SI01 |
| 331.096 |
| RS 10657 |
| Kurzbeschreibung |
Only ten years ago, there were more internet users in countries like France or Germany than in all of Africa put together. But much has changed in a decade. The year 2018 marks the first year in human history in which a majority of the world’s population are now connected to the internet. This mass connectivity means that we have an internet that no longer connects only the world’s wealthy. Workers from Lagos to Johannesburg to Nairobi and everywhere in between can now apply for and carry out jobs coming from clients who themselves can be located anywhere in the world. Digital outsourcing firms can now also set up operations in the most unlikely of places in order to tap into hitherto disconnected labour forces. With CEOs in the Global North proclaiming that ‘location is a thing of the past’ (Upwork, 2018), and governments and civil society in Africa promising to create millions of jobs on the continent, the book asks what this ‘new world of digital work’ means to the lives of African workers. It draws from a year-long fieldwork in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda, with over 200 interviews with participants including gig workers, call and contact centre workers, self-employed freelancers, small-business owners, government officials, labour union officials, and industry experts. Focusing on both platform-based remote work and call and contact centre work, the book examines the job quality implications of digital work for the lives and livelihoods of African workers. |
| 1. Schlagwortkette |
Afrika |
| Internet |
| Telearbeit |
| Wirkung |
| Auswirkung |
| ANZEIGE DER KETTE |
Afrika -- Internet -- Telearbeit -- Wirkung -- Auswirkung |
| SWB-Titel-Idn |
179371701X |
| Signatur |
E-Book Oxford EBS |
| Bemerkungen |
Elektronischer Volltext - Campuslizenz |
| Elektronische Adresse |
$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198840800.001.0001 |
| Internetseite / Link |
Resolving-System |
