Vi cyklar runt världen - en studie av aktivism och förändring inom svenska plattformssektorn
(2022) SANK03 20221Social Anthropology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to analyse, through a broad series of interviews with a multitude of actors, how collective organizing is created through the meeting of gig-workers and other organisational actors within the sector of the Swedish gig-economy. In the thesis, this is done by applying theoretical ideas about class identity, the outsider/insider dichotomy and new social movements theory to the gathered data from gig-workers, union representatives and gig-activist. From this combination of theory and data, this thesis proposes that gig-workers and traditional labour unions, at least within the Swedish gig-economy, both exert demands upon one another and act as agents of change for each other. Furthermore, through the potential... (More)
- The purpose of this study is to analyse, through a broad series of interviews with a multitude of actors, how collective organizing is created through the meeting of gig-workers and other organisational actors within the sector of the Swedish gig-economy. In the thesis, this is done by applying theoretical ideas about class identity, the outsider/insider dichotomy and new social movements theory to the gathered data from gig-workers, union representatives and gig-activist. From this combination of theory and data, this thesis proposes that gig-workers and traditional labour unions, at least within the Swedish gig-economy, both exert demands upon one another and act as agents of change for each other. Furthermore, through the potential fusion of traditional labour unions and different social movements, unions can expand their potential for membership recruitment within the Swedish gig-economy. (Less)
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- author
- Borell, Jacob LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SANK03 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Gig-economy, Social Anthropology, Labour Union, Collective Action, New Social Movements, Class
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9089115
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-15 14:45:13
- date last changed
- 2022-06-15 14:45:13
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