Industrial platform capitalism

Outsourcings, syntheses and resistances

Bibliographic Data

ID21189806
AuthorsHenrique Amorim (0000-0002-0715-9191, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Ana Claudia Moreira Cardoso, Ana Claudia Cardoso (0000-0003-3279-9411, Universidade Federal do Paraná), Maria Aparecida Bridi (0000-0001-8004-1360, Universidade Federal do Paraná)
Year2023
Volume17
Issue2
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Organisation Labour & Globalisation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-641X • E-ISSN: 1745-6428
PublisherPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/workorgalaboglob.17.2.0027
OpenAlexW4389202802
LanguageEN
References cited19

Countering the theses of ‘post-industrial society’, in this article we develop the argument that platform capitalism synthesises the radicalisation and the spread of the logic of industrial production. In our analysis of platform capitalism and the mechanisms of outsourcing, we argue that online platforms provide empirical evidence of the development of the industrial logic of the production of goods (whether products or services, material and/or immaterial, tangible or intangible). They are the tip of the iceberg of an entire productive structure reconfigured by information technologies and neoliberal policies that are shaping an industrial platform capitalism . This process is ongoing, and we observe its tendency to spread the platformisation of work and its forms of exploitation, of labour relations devoid of rights. However, as in every other moment in the history of capitalism, this exploitation meets resistance from workers’ struggles, which exposes perverse facets of platform work

Business · Capitalism · Economic system · Economics · Industrial Revolution · Outsourcing · Political science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Law · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Marketing · Mechanical Engineering

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