Politics of on-demand food delivery: policy design and the power of algorithms

• Main Authors: Chou, Meng-Hsuan, Gomes, Catherine
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Algorithms; Food Delivery
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170690
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this article, we examine the politics of on-demand food delivery using insights from the theory of social construction and policy design. On-demand food delivery is a service built on algorithm-based technology known for its precarity and physical risks for couriers. We compare how the on-demand...