At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon

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Autor(a) principal: Allegretti, Giovanni
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Holz, Sheila, Rodrigues, Nuno
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/96350
https://doi.org/10.13169/workorgalaboglob.15.1.0085
Resumo: The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface some problems and trends within digital platforms, including working conditions, while simultaneously transforming the relationship between platform capitalism and the pandemic complex. Through the case analysis of Uber in Lisbon, we were able to identify a situation where several ambiguities emerged, some of which are associated with the Portuguese singularity of intermediary platform capitalism. From this analysis, anchored to several interviews with Uber drivers/partners, we observed that the pandemic crisis has aggravated some inequalities and problems generally associated with platform capitalism, but also seen new trends and solutions emerge for a political and socio-economic reformulation of this sector.
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title At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
spellingShingle At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
Allegretti, Giovanni
COVID-19
Uber
Urban mobility
Platform capitalism
GIG economy
Workers' social protection
Location-based platforms
title_short At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
title_full At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
title_fullStr At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
title_full_unstemmed At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
title_sort At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon
author Allegretti, Giovanni
author_facet Allegretti, Giovanni
Holz, Sheila
Rodrigues, Nuno
author_role author
author2 Holz, Sheila
Rodrigues, Nuno
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Allegretti, Giovanni
Holz, Sheila
Rodrigues, Nuno
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Uber
Urban mobility
Platform capitalism
GIG economy
Workers' social protection
Location-based platforms
topic COVID-19
Uber
Urban mobility
Platform capitalism
GIG economy
Workers' social protection
Location-based platforms
description The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface some problems and trends within digital platforms, including working conditions, while simultaneously transforming the relationship between platform capitalism and the pandemic complex. Through the case analysis of Uber in Lisbon, we were able to identify a situation where several ambiguities emerged, some of which are associated with the Portuguese singularity of intermediary platform capitalism. From this analysis, anchored to several interviews with Uber drivers/partners, we observed that the pandemic crisis has aggravated some inequalities and problems generally associated with platform capitalism, but also seen new trends and solutions emerge for a political and socio-economic reformulation of this sector.
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