"Across all the advanced economies, vast swathes of working life are undergoing a series of major upheavals. Over the last thirty or so years, the deindustrialization of the major western economies, the emergence of new economic powerhouses, the global entrenchment of neoliberalism, and the associated shake-up of the capital-labor contract have all radically altered the landscape of employment and work across the globe. In the context of these capitalist dynamics, work is undergoing a further transformation as a whole raft of jobs and tasks are now secured or performed online by means of mobile digital devices, and cheap, widely available Internet access. New areas of work and skill are emerging, while existing jobs are now done in radically different ways as working online becomes ever more pivotal to the professional lives of significant numbers of people. ..."

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