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Uberization and Overexploitation: Racial Platform Capitalism in Paris, London and Montréal

Uberization and Overexploitation: Racial Platform Capitalism in Paris, London and Montréal

Bernard, Sophie

Hardcover

Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work

LaborGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3031997239
ISBN13: 9783031997235
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Oct 19 2025
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English

This book examines uberization from below, by focusing on three major cities (Paris, London and Montreal) and on the individual situations of Uber drivers, to analyse the deployment of racial platform capitalism. Racialized men are over-represented among Uber drivers and the book argues that this is no coincidence; the platform exploits their relegation to a subordinate material and symbolic position within the social order to gain access to the labour reserve it needs to operate. At the same time, this essential but unwanted labour force must accept the degraded working and employment conditions offered. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of the sociology of work and the platform economy.

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