University of California Press
Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy
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- Alexandrea J Ravenelle
- University of California Press
- Paperback
- 9780520300569
- 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches
- 0.85 pounds
- Business & Economics > Labor - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In Hustle and Gig, Alexandrea J. Ravenelle shares the personal stories of nearly eighty predominantly millennial workers from Airbnb, Uber, TaskRabbit, and Kitchensurfing. Their stories underline the volatility of working in the gig economy: the autonomy these young workers expected has been usurped by the need to maintain algorithm-approved acceptance and response rates. The sharing economy upends generations of workplace protections such as worker safety; workplace protections around discrimination and sexual harassment; the right to unionize; and the right to redress for injuries. Discerning three types of gig economy workers--Success Stories, who have used the gig economy to create the life they want; Strugglers, who can't make ends meet; and Strivers, who have stable jobs and use the sharing economy for extra cash--Ravenelle examines the costs, benefits, and societal impact of this new economic movement. Poignant and evocative, Hustle and Gig exposes how the gig economy is the millennial's version of minimum-wage precarious work.
Author Bio
I'm an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a Faculty Fellow with the Center for Urban and Regional Studies.
My first book, Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy (University of California Press) was released in March 2019.
I'm currently working on two mixed methods research projects:
Work in the Time of COVID-19, funded by an NSF RAPID Response grant, to study the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on precarious and gig workers in New York City, and
After the Hustle, funded through a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation inaugural Knowledge Challenge grant, examining the impact of high-status gig work and sudden platform closings on gig economy entrepreneurs.
Source: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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