Future of Work in the United States

Discourses on Automation and the Platform Economy

AvNatalie Rauscher

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Contributions to Economics

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Beskrivning

This book presents and analyzes how restructuring processes due to technological change are reflected and processed in political and public discourses in the United States in the most recent past.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-04
Mått:155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt:787 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contributions to Economics
Antal sidor:398
Upplaga:21001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030823061

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Natalie Rauscher is a research associate at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at Heidelberg University, Germany. Her research interests include discourses on the future of work, as well as the rise of the platform economy in the US. She is also working on other topics like social movements, social media, American philanthropy, think tanks, and the impact of natural catastrophes in the US.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Introduction: Focus, Scope and Structure of the Book.- Chapter 2. The Network Society, the Internet, and the Beginning of the New Economy.- Chapter 3. A New World of Work: The Sharing Economy Platforms.- Chapter 4. Corpus Analysis: Automation, the Future of Work, and the Platform Economy Reflected in Political and Public Discourse.- Chapter 5. Quantitative Analysis: Frequency Analysis.- Chapter 6. Qualitative Analysis: Collocations and Contextual Reading.- Chapter 7. The Discourse around Technological Progress and the Future of Work.