The workplace has been changed in recent decades by the rise of
digital technologies. Parts of a single labor process can be moved
around the world, with implications not only for individual
workplaces, but for the working class as a whole.
Within advanced capitalist countries, the workplace has been
made more flexible through cell phones, e-mail, freelancing, and
outsourcing. The process often makes the situation of the workers
more precarious, as they are forced to pay for the tools of their
trade, are expected to be constantly accessible to workplace
demands, and are isolated from their fellow workers.
Huws' The Making of a Cybertariat examines this process from a
number of perspectives, including those of women in the workplace
and at home. It explores changing categories of employment and
modes of organization, and how new divisions of race and gender are
created in the process. It questions how the virtual workforce can
identify their common interests and stand together to struggle for
them.
The Making of a Cybertariat is both a testament to the author's
remarkable record in the politics of technology over several
decades and a vital resource for grasping ongoing debates and
controversies in this field.
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