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Globalized urban precarity in Berlin and Abidjan : Young men and the digital economy

The comparative ethnography of young airtime sellers in Abidjan and delivery riders in Berlin analyses experiences of precarity for young men in the urban digital economy. It points to the relevance of symbolic capital in relational mechanisms of closure, domination and exploitation for making a liv...

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Autor principal: Schilling, Hannah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front matter -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- In transition: the making of urban livelihood -- Crossing views: airtime selling in Abidjan and food delivery in Berlin -- Conceptual devices: inequality at work in comparative perspective -- Hustling: the symbolic value of in-between work -- Trust and rule: tying workers to work -- Organizing care: distributive labour across private and public realms -- Not just of symbolic value: work to make oneself living -- References -- Index 
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