Digital, Class, Work

John Michael Roberts is Professor of Sociology and Communications at Brunel University. His previous books include, Contemporary Left-Wing Activism, vols 1 and 2 (edited with J. Ibrahim, Routledge 2019), New Media and Public Activism (Policy Press 2014) and Digital Publics: Cultural Political Economy, Financialisation, and Organisational Politics (Routledge 2014).

• Introduction: Digital, Class, and Work Before and During COVID-19Digital Prosumer Labour: Two Schools of ThoughtAlienated Labour and Class RelationsNeoliberalism, Financialisation and Class Relations Before and During COVID-19Productive Digital Work Before and During COVID-19Unproductive Digital Work Before and During COVID-19Creative Industries and Creative Classes Before and During COVID-19Digital Labour in the Gig Economy Before and During COVID-19Digital Work in the State and Public Sector Before and During COVID-19Conclusions: Towards a Post-Covid-19 Politics of Class Struggle

This is an important book that will be useful to all those concerned with the past, present and future of work in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Roberts deploys a theoretically sophisticated class analysis to discern emergent trends in capital-labour relations amongst firms using digital technologies.