Dis)embeddedness and (de)commodification
Covid-19, Uber, and the unravelling logics of the gig economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13006751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Srujana Katta (0000-0002-6102-7384, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Adam Badger (0000-0002-3799-2416, University of Oxford), M Graham (0000-0001-8370-9848, University of Oxford), Kelle Howson (0000-0002-5084-7993, University of Oxford), Funda Ustek-Spilda (0000-0001-8781-8646, University of Oxford), Alessio Bertolini (0000-0003-3173-0607, University of Oxford) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-207 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogues in Human Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-8206 • E-ISSN: 2043-8214 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2043820620934942 |
| OpenAlex | W3036540524 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 3 |
The ride-hailing giant Uber has long circumvented labour regulations and commodified its drivers’ labour by existing at the conjuncture of multiple geographies – being simultaneously embedded and disembedded from the places where it operates. In this commentary, we argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has destabilised Uber’s ‘conjunctural’ existence and forced the company to become more embedded in the locations where it operates, bringing about a – perhaps temporary – turn towards the decommodification of its drivers’ labour
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Aesthetics · Art · Commodification · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Embeddedness · Gig economy · Market economy · Materiality (auditing · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Precarity · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Social science · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Sharing Economy and Platforms
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |