Own This!
How Platform Cooperatives Help Workers Build a Democratic Internet

By (author) R. Trebor Scholz

ISBN13: 9781839764554

Imprint: Verso Books

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Hardback

Published: 19/09/2023

Availability: Available

Description
Winner of the First Prize in the Joyce Rothschild Book Awards Platform cooperatives reimagine a world where domestic workers can double their income by establishing their own platform-an internet where platforms such as Twitch, Twitter, and Roblox were owned by their streamers, users, and creators. What if small fishing communities in Mexico or farmers in Kerala had the power to determine what data they collected about their work and how they utilized that data? Platform cooperatives are not a figment of the utopian imagination, but rather a reality that is transforming industries today. Collectives that leverage technology offer an urgent and practical solution to shift how businesses are owned and controlled, allowing workers to make decisions together. In this book, researcher and activist Trebor Scholz explores how these new forms of business, powered by peer principles, are paving the way for a more equitable economy that benefits everyone. Own This! sets out a program that could change the ways we live, work, and organize.
1. Alternative Paths 2. Worker Ownership for the Digital Economy 3. Solidarity at Scale 4. Redefining Value 5. Roots of Resilience: Unions and Platform Cooperatives 6. The Coming Data Democracy 7. Letter from 2035: A Social Vision Realized Epilogue: How to Start a Platform Co-op
  • Sociology: work & labour
  • Employee-ownership & co-operatives
  • General (US: Trade)
Height:210
Width:140
Spine:19
Weight:330.00
List Price: £16.99