Dannreuther, C. orcid.org/0000-0003-3028-6102 (2024) Power in the future of work: production, reproduction, and reconstruction. Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, 5 (2). pp. 329-350. ISSN 2662-6136
Abstract
Labour studies have always been concerned with power, so how do concepts of power inform an understanding of the future of work today? Luke’s Three Dimensions of Power reveals how past contests over the normative outcomes and policy choices of future labour also present for platform capitalism. But while modern conceptions of power capture the realignment of productivist power relations under rentier capital, they fall short in explaining the legacy of colonial capital on the future of work. Drawing on a wide range of post-colonial and post human literatures, structural power is shown to forget the futures of many exploited, dispossessed and subaltern workers where productive alliances may be formed. Understanding power in these terms also shows how power relations can be confronted and challenged in a post-productivist agenda that could inform new ways of understanding the future of labour.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Three Dimensions of Power, Labour, Productivist |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2025 10:39 |
Last Modified: | 10 Feb 2025 10:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s43253-024-00130-4 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:223076 |