Work in the Gig-Economy: The Role of the State and Non-State Actors Ceding and Seizing Regulatory Space
本文运用监管空间概念，通过混合方法研究国家与非国家行为体如何影响零工经济的就业监管，发现国家通过特定杠杆让渡和夺取监管权力，最终服务于资本积累而非劳动者权益。
Using the concept of regulatory space, this article asks how both the state and non-state actors influence employment regulations particular to the gig-economy. To address this question a mixed method approach is used, including interviews with strategically placed informants involved in policy formation at national and international levels, content analysis of legal cases, parliamentary inquiry transcripts and policy reports. The analysis contributes to an understanding of employment regulation by the state in two ways. First, it reports distinct ‘levers’, which lead to a particular state role of ‘ceding and seizing’ regulatory power. Second, it argues that these levers ultimately serve the accumulation interests of capital over the legitimacy of employment rights for labour. The findings have wider societal implications for issues of equity, justice and employment regulation applicable to the gig-economy.