Between coping and resistance: Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism
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Between coping and resistance : Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism. / Hau, Mark Friis; Borello, Andrea.
In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 15.12.2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Between coping and resistance
T2 - Migrant networks and alternative forms of collectivism
AU - Hau, Mark Friis
AU - Borello, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2023/12/15
Y1 - 2023/12/15
N2 - The literature on migrant workers generally indicates limited worker collectivism. Based on a comparative study of two Danish platform companies, however, this article shows how digital migrant networks are a crucial social infrastructure in precarious working environments. Using a novel conceptual framework that differentiates between collective strategies of coping and resistance, we show that collective resistance can spring from migrant networks. This foregrounds an understanding of how collectivism underpinned by strong migrant networks can wax and wane, which broadens our understanding of collectivism as a dynamic practice. The study’s findings underscore the importance of political networks as a foundation for strategies of resistance, the value of network embeddedness, and the effects of particular migrant and employment characteristics on collective strategies.
AB - The literature on migrant workers generally indicates limited worker collectivism. Based on a comparative study of two Danish platform companies, however, this article shows how digital migrant networks are a crucial social infrastructure in precarious working environments. Using a novel conceptual framework that differentiates between collective strategies of coping and resistance, we show that collective resistance can spring from migrant networks. This foregrounds an understanding of how collectivism underpinned by strong migrant networks can wax and wane, which broadens our understanding of collectivism as a dynamic practice. The study’s findings underscore the importance of political networks as a foundation for strategies of resistance, the value of network embeddedness, and the effects of particular migrant and employment characteristics on collective strategies.
KW - Collectivism
KW - labour migration
KW - migrant networks
KW - migrant workers
KW - platform economy
KW - union organising
U2 - 10.1177/0143831X231216001
DO - 10.1177/0143831X231216001
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85179680108
JO - Economic and Industrial Democracy
JF - Economic and Industrial Democracy
SN - 0143-831X
ER -
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