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... of the existing political landscape. © 2015 Duke University Press 2015 Marikana massacre postapartheid protests service delivery social movements South Africa References Alexander Peter . 2010 . “ Rebellion of the Poor. South Africa’s Service Delivery Protests—A Preliminary Analysis...

... Peter . 2010 . “ Rebellion of the Poor: South Africa’s Service Delivery Protests—A Preliminary Analysis .” Review of African Political Economy 37 , no. 123 : 25 – 40 . Hart Gillian P. 2013 . Rethinking the South African Crises: Nationalism, Populism, Hegemony . Scottsville, South...

..., following Fanon, to ground our conception of the universal in an ontology that recognizes “the open door of every consciousness.” © 2013 Duke University Press 2013 References Alexander Peter . 2010 . “ Rebellion of the Poor: South Africa’s Service Delivery Protests—A Preliminary Analysis...

...Ahmed Veriava © 2015 Duke University Press 2015 References African National Congress . 1955 . The Freedom Charter . London : African National Congress . www.anc.org.za/show.php?id=72 . Alexander Peter . 2010 . “ Rebellion of the Poor: South Africa’s Service Delivery...

... of platformization. Subproject 1, led by Van Doorn, examines the rise and impacts of on-demand labor platforms in low-wage service industries, especially food delivery and domestic cleaning. Subproject 2, led by Bosma, investigates the uneven distribution of opportunities and chal- lenges related to urban short-term...

...-economy-big-data-work/ . Lagos Bureau of Statistics (LBS) . 2016 . “ Household Survey 2016. Lagos Welfare and Service Delivery Survey (LWSDS) .” mepb.lagosstate.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/08/House-Hold-REPORT-Y2016.pdf ( accessed June 1, 2021 ). Lee K. Daniel K...

.... —Jean Baudrillard, The Spirit of Terrorism The relentless concretization of the precepts of the ANC’s structural adjust- ment program have resulted in ‘‘a fundamental shift away from the ‘statist’ service delivery models of the past where the state subsidized and delivered municipal services...

... and Qiu 2020). Courier services and other such activities existed before platform labor, meaning that historically the Brazilian economy has been in fact a gig econ- omy. In other words, delivery co-ops and collectives will not flourish the same way everywhere. This does not indicate whether a particular...

.... To do so, delivery and ride-hailing platforms present themselves as simple intermediaries bringing together different types of users (customers and service contractors) and operate according to what Nick Srnicek calls a hyper-outsourced model where fixed capital, workers, main- tenance costs...

... and evade taxes. Market pressure is also enforced by its inclusion, with other productive goals such as service fluidity and quality, into a digital model of management inspired by lean production. The application is configured to operate as a device of technical and hegemonic control that incorporates just...

.... These are the conditions in which the logistics companies achieved monopolistic status rapidly. Its high level of concentration is made possible through corporate takeovers and mergers of logistics companies. In the delivery service sector, e-commerce companies, such as Meituan, JD Logistics, and Alibaba s deliv- ery...

... and delivery app to orga- nize workers to provide professional services (van Doorn 2017). However, worker-owned digital platforms continued to face two types of problems Kuriakose and Iyer Digital Workers, Urban Vectors, and New Economies 759 linked to its ownership structure and competition. The first...

... that delivery platforms are a substantial component of the wider service sector, which provides commodified social reproduction through directly market mediated means (Endnotes 2013). The pattern of expansion evident so far is of investment on a metrop- olis-by-metropolis basis, beginning in the most advanced...

... of deliveries in kind. In any case, Ger­ many was forced to export more goods than if there had been no reparations. Gold, dollars, pounds, and francs could be obtained only by selling goods (and, to a lesser extent, services) to America, England, and other countries. Deliveries in kind of coal, coal de­...

..., of more than $21,400,000,000. The railroads are called upon to furnish adequate transportation service, to have the right kind of a car at the right place, at the right time, to make a 328 The South Atlantic Quarterly prompt and safe delivery at the point of destination. That the railroads did furnish...

... ‘App-etite’ for Control: A Labour Process Analysis of Food-Delivery Work in Australia .” Work, Employment and Society 34 , no. 3 : 388 – 406 . Waters Facility Woodcock Jamie . 2017 . “ Far from Seamless: A Workers’ Inquiry at Deliveroo .” Viewpoint Magazine , September 20...

..., for the most part at the dis­ cretion of the Commission. However, there was decided in­ dependently a schedule of yearly payments to be made by Germany, namely, two billion gold marks, plus a sum equiva­ lent to 26% of her exports. By a loss of gold, by the sale of paper marks, by services, by deliveries...

... during rides, as a false hope for eventual profitability down the road (Horan 2019 ; Lawrence 2022 ). Rides then are loss leaders that allow for the collection of large amounts of data to attract capital investment. App-based workers create value by providing services such as rides or deliveries...

...; it would own claims against the colleges for service because of the loans it had made them. Since what it owned would be identical with what it owed, it would not have to sell assets to raise money to pay debts; it would effect settlement by transfers of, and deliveries in, kind. The children of its...

... consumer base with services and goods of all sorts, from the delivery of pharmaceuticals to the on-demand provision of teachers and medical doc- tors (Abílio 2019) and, more recently, mental health professionals as well. This entrepreneurial libidinal economy is traditionally understood to be the product...