Gig workers in precarious life
The trajectory of exploitation, insecurity, and resistance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2777975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashok K Pankaj (0000-0002-2480-5634, Department of Social Work Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Regional Campus Manipur Imphal Manipur India, corresponding author), Manish K Jha (0000-0001-7338-2124, Centre for Community Organization and Development Practice, School of Social Work Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai India) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 935-946 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajes.12563 |
| OpenAlex | W4390662277 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
The growing informal nature of employment in the gig economy does not only merely provide employment for many but also causes exploitation, insecurity, and exclusion from social security because of its informal status. Workers in gig work often go through long working hours, low wages, fear of losing their job, and insecurity which result in their precarious life condition. They experience vulnerabilities related to their employment, residency status, and unfamiliarity with local frameworks-labor law, health, and safety hazards at work which certainly highlights precarious life situations. Besides precarity, gig workers from poor socio-economic backgrounds often experience discrimination and exclusion because of their social positioning in society. Therefore, the article tries to unfold their experiences of exploitation and insecurity, struggles, and challenges. Further, the article also examines the contemporary agitation and resistance of gig workers against the exploitative policies of aggregators and state measures to address the problem of gig workers in India
Business · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Gig economy · Political science · Precarious work · Precarity · Resistance (ecology) · Social exclusion · Social security · Sociology · Work (physics) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Sharing Economy and Platforms
Precarious Life, Vulnerability, and the Ethics of Cohabitation
Digital labour and development
The ethical debate about the gig economy
Land, Labour and Market
Caste and Discrimination in Welfare
New’ terrains of precarity – gig work in India
Systematic evaluation of gig work against decent work standards
Assets Disparities among Social Groups
Hidden transcripts of the gig economy
Gig workers in precarious life
Migration and Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy
Analysing the Gig Economy in India and Exploring Various Effective Regulatory Methods to Improve the Plight of the Workers
What Do Platforms Do? Understanding the Gig Economy
Caste in India and the United States
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |