230156 SE Class Relations and the Global Digital Economy (2015S)

The 21st century capitalist society is strongly shaped by the digitization of information that affects the cultural, economic and political sphere. Advanced information and communications technology has opened up new fields of capital accumulation and changed working arrangements. In this process, new divisions of race and gender have been created and traditional forms of organization have been reshaped. Relating to class relations, this raises the question whether a ‘cybertariat’ has emerged that is becoming conscious of their common interests.
The course will present recent development in the global capitalist economy and traces the changes that digitization brought to working lives and modern class relations.