Locked in, logged out: pandemic and ride-hailing in South Africa and Kenya
| العنوان: | Locked in, logged out: pandemic and ride-hailing in South Africa and Kenya |
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| المؤلفون: | Mohammad Amir Anwar, Elly Otieno, Malte Stein |
| المصدر: | Anwar, M A, Otieno, E & Stein, M 2022, ' Locked In, logged out : Pandemic and ride-hailing in South Africa and Kenya ', The Journal of Modern African Studies, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 457-478 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X22000234 |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | History, ride-hailing, Polymers and Plastics, Sociology and Political Science, platforms, Africa, gig economy, Geography, Planning and Development, informality, Uber, Business and International Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, COVID 19 pandemic |
| الوصف: | This article examines the impact of the pandemic on ride-hailing drivers and their mitigation strategies during lockdown in Africa. Ride-hailing has emerged as one of the latest paid-work opportunities for the continent's many unemployed. Yet, ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Bolt misclassify drivers to avoid regulation and responsibilities towards workers’ welfare. Drawing on 34 in-depth interviews with ride-hailing drivers, driver representatives and trade unions in South Africa and Kenya, this article makes two arguments. First, the gig economy in Africa provides work opportunities for the unemployed on the continent and simultaneously vitiates the working conditions through the commodification and informalisation of work. Second, the state-directed emergency measures act as a veneer to capital's efforts to commodify labour and the gig economy platforms have emerged as primary tools for it. Our account points to an urgent need for better regulatory systems to hold platform companies accountable and a collective bargaining mechanism in the gig economy. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1469-7777 0022-278X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::11bf4b6cc49d5ed1aef24409c75f1ad3 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x22000234 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....11bf4b6cc49d5ed1aef24409c75f1ad3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14697777 0022278X |
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