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Racial capitalism, migration and the platform economy: emerging articulations of informality within digital precarious labor in Madrid

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dc.contributor.authorSantamarina Guerrero, Ana
dc.contributor.authorFernández Trujillo Moares, Francisco José
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-12T12:16:50Z
dc.date.available2025-12-12T12:16:50Z
dc.date.issued2025-10-28
dc.descriptionThe registered version of this article, first published in “International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy", is available online at the publisher's website: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0073
dc.descriptionLa versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0073
dc.description.abstractPurpose This paper examines how platform economies extract value from the exclusionary dimensions of migration regimes to drive accumulation. Through the lens of racial capitalism, we analyze how informality functions as a key mechanism in shaping novel forms of racialization, labor stratification and devaluation. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on cross-sectoral qualitative research based on in-depth interviews with migrant workers in cleaning, care delivery and multitask platforms in Madrid. We use a racial capitalism framework to explore the intersections between informality, exclusionary border regimes, platform labor and migrant agency. Findings Informality appears as a structural logic of platformization. We identify three critical ways in which platforms intersect with informality and precarious migration statuses: through account subletting practices; the amplification of racialized profiles assigned to specific types of work; and the emergence of new forms of violence shaped by intersections of gender, race and migratory status. Nevertheless, we underscore the dual role of informality not only as a driver for exploitation but also as a terrain where solidarities take shape. Originality/value The key contributions of this paper lie in its cross-sectoral analysis of platform labor, shifting the focus from specific working conditions to the structural dynamics inherent to platform economies, integrating an intersectional perspective into the study of labor experiences on digital platforms. We move beyond the conventional dichotomy between migrant vulnerability and traditional unionism, exploring alternative agencies and solidarity networks emerging within these contexts.en
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dc.description.sponsorshipThis research has been funded by the Horizon-MSCA Staff Exchanges “NOMADIC. Nomad. Movements and Digital Impacts in Cities” (GA: 101183165) (2024–2028). The authors are members of the Critical Urban Studies Group at the UNED (Spain), a community that has provided valuable intellectual stimulation and contributed to the development of some of the ideas explored in this paper. They were part of the former project “ONDEMANDCITY: Platform capitalism, digital workers and the technification of everyday life in the contemporary city” (funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain, Grant Number PID2021-122482OB-I00), within which this research initially began to take shape.
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dc.identifier.citationSantamarina, A., & Fernández-Trujillo Moares, F. (2025). Racial capitalism, migration and the platform economy: emerging articulations of informality within digital precarious labor in Madrid. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0073
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0073
dc.identifier.issn0144-333X | eISSN 1758-6720
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/31115
dc.journal.titleInternational Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final16
dc.page.initial1
dc.publisherEmerald
dc.relation.centerFacultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
dc.relation.departmentSociología III (Tendencias Sociales)
dc.relation.projectidinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/GA 101183165
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject63 Sociología
dc.subject.keywordsplatform laboren
dc.subject.keywordsmigrationen
dc.subject.keywordsinformalityen
dc.subject.keywordsracializationen
dc.subject.keywordsracial capitalismen
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