Labor in the Global Digital Economy: The Cybertariat Comes of Age by Ursula Huws

Description: Labor in the Global Digital Economy by Ursula Huws For every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. Its a situation that we increasingly take for granted in our digital era, and while it is indicative of the novelty of twenty-first-century capitalism, it is also the key to understanding its driving force: the relentless impulse to commodify our lives in every aspect. Ursula Huws ties together disparate economic, cultural, and political phenomena of the last few decades to form a provocative narrative about the shape of the global capitalist economy at present. She examines the way that advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation: in culture and the arts, in the privatization of public services, and in the commodification of human sociality by way of mobile devices and social networking. These trends are in turn accompanied by the dramatic restructuring of work arrangements, opening the way for new contradictions and new forms of labor solidarity and struggle around the planet. Labor in the Global Digital Economy is a forceful critique of our dizzying contemporary moment, one that goes beyond notions of mere connectedness or free-flowing information to illuminate the entrenched mechanisms of exploitation and control at the core of capitalism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. Its a situation that we increasingly take for granted in our digital era, and while it is indicative of the novelty of twenty-first-century capitalism, it is also the key to understanding its driving force: the relentless impulse to commodify our lives in every aspect. Ursula Huws ties together disparate economic, cultural, and political phenomena of the last few decades to form a provocative narrative about the shape of the global capitalist economy at present. She examines the way that advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation: in culture and the arts, in the privatization of public services, and in the commodification of human sociality by way of mobile devices and social networking. These trends are in turn accompanied by the dramatic restructuring of work arrangements, opening the way for new contradictions and new forms of labor solidarity and struggle around the planet.Labor in the Global Digital Economy is a forceful critique of our dizzying contemporary moment, one that goes beyond notions of mere connectedness or free-flowing information to illuminate the entrenched mechanisms of exploitation and control at the core of capitalism. Author Biography Ursula Huws is Professor of Labour and Globalisation at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, and founder of Analytica Social and Economic Research. She is the author of The Making of a Cybertariat: Virtual Work in a Real World. Review "Ursula Huws is without peer as an analyst of life in contemporary capitalism." - Leo Panitch, York University; editor, Socialist Register Long Description For every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. Its a situation that we increasingly take for granted in our digital era, and while it is indicative of the novelty of twenty-first-century capitalism, it is also the key to understanding its driving force: the relentless impulse to commodify our lives in every aspect. Ursula Huws ties together disparate economic, cultural, and political phenomena of the last few decades to form a provocative narrative about the shape of the global capitalist economy at present. She examines the way that advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation: in culture and the arts, in the privatization of public services, and in the commodification of human sociality by way of mobile devices and social networking. These trends are in turn accompanied by the dramatic restructuring of work arrangements, opening the way for new contradictions and new forms of labor solidarity and struggle around the planet. Labor in the Global Digital Economy is a forceful critique of our dizzying contemporary moment, one that goes beyond notions of mere connectedness or free-flowing information to illuminate the entrenched mechanisms of exploitation and control at the core of capitalism. Review Text "Ursula Huws is without peer as an analyst of life in contemporary capitalism." - Leo Panitch, York University; editor, Socialist Register Review Quote "Ursula Huws is a global treasure: her essays collected here continue her several decades of scholarship analyzing the impact of technological change on women and workers. This book brings her prescient Marxist feminist theorizing to a wider audience. It is a must read for anyone who cares about what the future holds for workers in the digital era."-Gina Neff, author, Venture Labor: Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries, Details ISBN1583674640 Author Ursula Huws Pages 240 Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. ISBN-10 1583674640 ISBN-13 9781583674642 Format Hardcover Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 331.028546 Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title LABOR IN THE GLOBAL DIGITAL EC Language English Media Book Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-12-05 NZ Release Date 2014-12-05 US Release Date 2014-12-05 UK Release Date 2014-12-05 Subtitle The Cybertariat Comes of Age Audience General AU Release Date 2015-08-13 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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