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      At a crossroads: Uber and the ambiguities of the COVID-19 emergency in Lisbon

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            The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface some problems and trends within digital platforms, including working conditions, while simultaneously transforming the relationship between platform capitalism and the pandemic complex. Through the case analysis of Uber in Lisbon, we were able to identify a situation where several ambiguities emerged, some of which are associated with the Portuguese singularity of intermediary platform capitalism. From this analysis, anchored to several interviews with Uber drivers/partners, we observed that the pandemic crisis has aggravated some inequalities and problems generally associated with platform capitalism, but also seen new trends and solutions emerge for a political and socio-economic reformulation of this sector.

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            Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50010512
            Journal ID (jcode): workorgalaboglob
            Title: Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN: 1745-641X
            ISSN: 1745-6428
            Publication date (Print): 1 January 2021
            Volume: 15
            Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.15.issue-1 )
            Pages: 85-106
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            Publisher ID: workorgalaboglob.15.1.0085
            DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.15.1.0085
            SO-VID: 4cdfa55f-7cfa-4498-b527-5c822197f5c8
            Copyright © © Giovanni Allegretti, Sheila Holz and Nuno Rodrigues, 2021
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            ScienceOpen disciplines: Sociology,Labor law,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics
            Keywords: platform capitalism,location-based platforms,urban mobility,workers' social protection,COVID-19,GIG economy,Uber

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