Platform Politics: Luke Yates in conversation
| Dates: | 4 December 2024 |
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| Times: | 18:30 - 20:30 |
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| What is it: | Book launch |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Current University students, General public |
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Join Luke Yates for the launch of his new book 'PLATFORM POLITICS: Corporate Power, Grassroots Movements and the Sharing Economy' at this event organised by Blackwell's bookshop.
The ‘sharing economy’, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo, promised to revolutionize the way we work and live. But what changes have come about, and why?
PLATFORM POLITICS shows how platform capitalism is not only shaped by business decisions, but is a result of struggles involving social movements, consumer politics and state interventions. It focuses in particular on the controversial tactics used by platform giants to avoid regulation.
Drawing on cutting-edge research and analysis, the book provides a critical overview of the struggles around platforms, examines platform power, and reflects on the different possible futures of the platform economy.
About the author:
Luke Yates is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Researcher at the Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester, UK. His research centres on social movements, consumption and technology. In addition to his work on corporate power and big tech, he has written about prefigurative politics, social movement strategy, and sustainable consumption.
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Blackwell's bookshop
University Green
146 Oxford Road
Manchester
